Cold Storage Coming on Monday — Bungie Day
By Chris on Saturday, July 5th, 2008 at 7:08 PM PST In Bungie, Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Halo, Microsoft, Microsoft
Monday is July 7 or 7/7, which has long been Bungie Day. This year you can expect a new, free map — Cold Storage, a revamp of the original Halo’s “Chill Out” level — and free gamerpics and a theme that will only be available on Monday. Bungie’s also trying to get the total number of kills in campaign mode up to seven million, so if you want to contribute, hop on Halo 3 and blast away some Covenant and Flood. But that’s not all:
Beginning on July 7, there will be a 48-hour long seven-player FFA playlist in Halo 3’s Matchmaking where you can turn the calendar back to 2001 and control Rockets, Invis and Snipe.
For now, Cold Storage will be implemented in regular rotation in playlists that require the Legendary Maps. To avoid confusion, playlists that previously required the Legendary Maps will now remind players that they need “all Maps” to participate, and since Cold Storage is free, it shouldn’t be a big deal for you to grab the map on July 7 and then return to your regularly scheduled business in SWAT.
Additionally, on 7/7, Microsoft is dropping the price of the Legendary Map Pack from 800 spacebucks to 600 spacebucks. That price drop does mean that purchases after 7/7 will no longer include the Bungie Pro bonus.
Note: the conversion rate of spacebucks to Microsoft points is 1:1.
OMG i can’t wait!
I saw ‘SWAT’ in the article while scanning through the page, so I started reading from the beginning. Then I saw ‘Halo’ and clicked the comments link just to say that I moved on. Man my life is full of fun