For a limited time (how limited, we aren't sure) anyone who purchases Halo 3's Legendary Map Pack DLC will receive a four month subscription to Bungie Pro for FREE! Already have Bungie Pro? Then you'll get an additional four months tacked onto your subscription. Easy as cake! Now be sure to thank Bungie for the added bonus come Tuesday. We'll start the appreciation chain ... "thank you Bungie!"
We shall also mention that the Bungie Weekly Update covers changes to Halo 3's matchmaking playlist for the month of May including the removal of Team Control and addition of SWAT. Make the jump to read about all the playlist deets.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-12-2008 @ 11:27AM
Doom3killer said...
:) hooray... longer subscription
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4-12-2008 @ 11:27AM
ThisIsChamp said...
I'm actually liking bungie alot right now! :) There giving us more then maps, and well it's nice to know that they do things like this;)
I mean it would also be nice to uhh give some free recon for the the first purchasers too;)
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4-12-2008 @ 2:49PM
E.J. said...
It's trying to get the former-Halo3-turned-CoD4 players back into the fold.
4-12-2008 @ 11:47AM
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) said...
It would be nice if Reckon was available to all players in first place.We'd have a lot less hatress and account hacking.
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4-12-2008 @ 11:54AM
Lewis said...
Nice thinking Bungie.
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4-12-2008 @ 11:55AM
cereal said...
Very nice! Lets a have a sexy time!
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4-12-2008 @ 11:57AM
wickedpheonix said...
How many people actually use Bungie Pro anyways? I don't use the movie/screenshot features since there really aren't that many moments in Halo worth capturing - a service like that is better for games like skate and Burnout Paradise.
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4-12-2008 @ 12:39PM
webster1990 said...
there are lots of people on halo (including myself) who enjoy creating videos of their greatest kills or just funny things like glitches or really luck grenade shots. Just check out youtube for the amount of people making videos of halo moments.
Also, team SWAT as a permanant playlist, Awesome!
4-12-2008 @ 5:21PM
wickedpheonix said...
that's not really my point - are you going to actually create THAT many videos that you're going to need to get Bungie Pro?
4-14-2008 @ 8:16AM
DiscoGhost said...
What about people who consider themselves map builders. Bungie Pro isn't worthless to everyone like it may be to you.
But I agree with you that being able to go back after a game and capture video clips and screenshots should be implemented in every game (or at least burnout paradise).
4-12-2008 @ 12:04PM
NoTomorrow said...
The only thing is that they said that they "currently have no plans on making these maps free", so buy right away to get Bungie pro.
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4-12-2008 @ 12:29PM
FatalisticDread said...
I was wondering if anyone else caught that part. I guess now that Bungie isn't MS, they would like to have a bit of a longer life for income from the Halo franchise...might as well. Other than the occasional "sale" (GRAW2 DLC currently 50% off), most DLC never goes free or changes in price. Might as well keep the money flowing since they don't make anything off of free map packs.
Doesn't matter to me anyway...even though I don't even play the game anymore, I'll download the new map pack. I like Bungie and they can has my monez!
4-12-2008 @ 12:21PM
Magic Whiskey said...
If they become free I'll download then, but as for my MS Pointz, they went this month to Ikaruga.
As for my DLC map goodness, i'm still somewhere lurking in Chinatown and can't be bothered...
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4-12-2008 @ 12:38PM
drew said...
although noone ever checks my bungie file share thing and i rarely put stuff up this is cool. kinda giving back instead of just saying here just download the maps give us your money and shut it. bungie's much more fan based than activision. or any other gaming company i can think of.
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4-12-2008 @ 12:56PM
Anthology said...
I think they should have had a special helmet for those who buy the DLC Map Packs.
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4-12-2008 @ 12:58PM
StLouisRibs7734 said...
SWAT is legendary required, Awesome!
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4-12-2008 @ 2:06PM
Chris said...
I love it when developers give back to the community. I won't be puchasing the map packs due to Xbox Live Gold, or lack there of, but this is still a nice gesture. Good on ya Bungie!
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4-12-2008 @ 2:20PM
launchme said...
Id rather they discount the maps. I use the screen shots and videos but what ive got is enough.
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4-12-2008 @ 2:30PM
Ghostbuddy said...
"How many people actually use Bungie Pro anyways? I don't use the movie/screenshot features since there really aren't that many moments in Halo worth capturing - a service like that is better for games like skate and Burnout Paradise."
If I get on Halo 3, and play it with my better XBL friends, I end up going into the theatre a few times in a night. There are lots of moments in Halo worth capturing.
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4-12-2008 @ 3:42PM
Digital Limit said...
Yeah, that sounded like an ignorant statement from a certain-other-game fanboy, or something. Just watching previews of the new maps, I saw tons of "oh shit, awesome!" moments.
I think it's silly to think otherwise, especially when contemplating similar oh-shit moments in other games. Everything is subtle, if only by color and modern design.
On the other hand, Halo has a lot of big things happening with tons of visually-signaled close calls. Rockets, spartan lasers, and sniper trails, for instance. Or giant glowing sticky grenades. Or huge vehicles careening just over your head. Bubble shields creating dramatic near-misses. And don't forget the ragdoll on top of that.
You don't see that in other comparable games, really. Videos more often than not will just be killing sprees as what can really happen outside of that?
But eh, eh. I haven't played either game in awhile, just thinking about it.