Bungie previewed an unreleased Halo 3 map in San Diego this weekend at an MLG event. It's named Cold Storage and is a remake of Chill Out from Halo 3.

This will certainly get the attention of old school Halo fanboys who have long been crying out for smaller slayer maps. Chill Out is certainly a good pick.

What other classic Halo maps would you like to see in Halo 3?

MLG is hosting an image gallery of the map: http://www.mlgpro.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=152

Some YouTube shakey cam footage of gameplay on Cold Storage:

In the latest Bungie Weekly Update they revealed a new camera feature called Forge Filters.  This filters allow mapmakers assign image filters to certain areas of the map.  These filters can be experienced by gamers in real-time during multiplayer. 

This means that you can venture to a certain part of the map and all of sudden be playing in Black-and-White mode, or Sepia mode, or Pen and Ink mode.  The filters are Forge objects so I guess there will be a limited number of these to go in each map.

This will add an interesting twist to custom maps and gameplay in Halo 3.  It could be interesting to see what happens when you can't see what color the other team is.

Nova mode

Old Timey mode

Pen and Ink mode

http://gamingtv.us/home/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Yes people, that's right. GTV will be bringing to you the first LIVE Humpday Challenge. Bungie has done this since Halo 2, and for this one our friends at ForgeHub will be taking them on. This is sure to be an exciting event as it is the first Humpday to be broadcasted Live by our very own SubRandom who also helps out at ForgeHub.

The building blocks of our childhood meet the build blocks of console shooters. This image capture comes from the April edition of EGM (which means it's an April Fool's joke).

Which begs the question:  what the heck is Bungie working on right now? We haven't heard anything in a while - not even a clue.

Source: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/849/849158p1.html

Clash of the Titans: Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3
How did Infinity Ward go toe to toe with Master Chief?
by IGN Xbox 360 Team

February 1, 2008 - On January 21, 2008 the unthinkable happened: Microsoft announced the Xbox Live activity for the previous week and Halo 3 was not on top. "I don't wish to be melodramatic," said Bungie's Frank O'Connor, "but upon hearing that news, I started listening to My Chemical Romance and scrawled all over my tear-streaked face with soft crimson lipstick, screaming, 'Don't look at me I'm a dirty girl!' at the top of my voice." After the dust cleared from the bombs that went off in our heads and Halo 3 regained the top spot the following week, we began to ask ourselves whether Call of Duty 4 being on top was really all that surprising of an event.

Both games are the newest entries into blockbuster franchises with massive marketing campaigns behind them. Xbox 360 owners proved that there's room for more than one first-person shooter when they propelled both games to mind boggling sales numbers; Call of Duty 4 has sold more than 7 million copies across all platforms while Halo 3 sold over 3 million copies in just 12 days before going on to lead all games in sales for 2007. These are the games that are going to compete for the number one ranking for months to come.

Where do Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 succeed? Where can they improve? What makes them so addictive? We explore the differences between the two titans. It's up to you to decide which game is worth your Xbox Live time.

Campaign Mode

Egg0s made this...its pretty neat and should make for some new jumps in MM and customs.
http://gameroom.mlgpro.com/view/XKhiU6Bmt4s.html

Lhk97 of HollywoodnHouse, and cortinator are responsible for the making of this one. They don't take credit for finding this glitch, but do a great job showing us how to drive the Anti-Aircraft Wraith(normally undrivable) on the level "Covenant" Looks pretty fun!

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