It's out. The new downable content for Halo 3 costs 800 MS points and comes with 3 new maps, a legendary theme, and gamerpic.

The Legendary Map Pack blends old and new. Ghost Town’s asymmetrical mix of confined spaces and long lines of fire makes for frenetic games. Avalanche re-imagines the original Halo classic, Sidewinder, with new features, tweaked vehicles and massive outdoor spaces. Significant changes bring big improvements to the map, yet its contours and cliffs should provide a welcome sense of familiarity. Blackout, on the other hand, is the purest remake to date – all time favorite Lockout gets a graphical overhaul, but retains its challenging mix of ramps, platforms, tunnels and hallways. There are no refunds for this item.

We previously talked about this here: http://hushedcasket.com/node/2837

Somebody got their hands on the Halo 3 Legendary Edition (the monster version) and thought it would be a good idea to take lots of pics. I take my hat off to this person.

UPDATE: Frankie says "Those photos are of the prototype. The real thing looks waaaaay better, more detailed and has much fancier textures. (not texturemaps)"

Finally we see what the HALO 3 Legendary Edition bundle will look like. thanks to a listing at Walmart.com. Check out that helmet! Wal-Mart also suggests October 1st, 2007 at the shipping date. However, November was the month in which Bungie and Microsoft shipped HALO and HALO 2. There is no official release date for HALO 3 since Bungie hasn't announced one yet. Digg this story here.