PAX 08: Halo 3's Assembly officially revealed

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PAX 08: Halo 3's Assembly officially revealed

Posted Aug 29th 2008 9:00PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Halo 3

A bit earlier today (and as promised) Bungie unleashed Halo 3 multiplayer map Assembly upon PAX attendees, letting anyone partake in the Assembly funnery. And for those who aren't lucky enough to get hands on time with the new map, Bungie released a few screenshots depicting a bunch of Spartan on Spartan violence in a purplish colored Covenant world. We'll be getting some Assembly PAX hands on time a bit later and be posting a complete writeup about our experience. Until then, enjoy the Assembly picture goodies.

Gallery: PAX 08: Halo 3 Assembly

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, halo-3, pax08

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-29-2008 @ 9:04PM

halo 3 sucks. said...

halo 3 sucks.

8-29-2008 @ 9:04PM

halo 3 sucks. said...

halo 3 sucks.

map looks like crap.

8-29-2008 @ 9:22PM

Peter said...

some1 might kill you for saying that.

8-29-2008 @ 9:44PM

Xaeinovis said...

Well, I'm certainly sorry for you sucking at the game, but take your idiotic comments elsewhere. =)

8-29-2008 @ 9:08PM

halo 3 sucks. said...

You guys at x3f should add gameplay videos. jeez.

this is on youtube so watch fast before it gets deleted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFpdNJ8-kkw

if that link doesnt work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic9QQrEhyoc

8-29-2008 @ 9:37PM

ryan said...

from the bottom of my heart, i hope you die and burn in hell.

8-29-2008 @ 9:24PM

uninformed said...

Thank you for opening my eyes "halo 3 sucks." Before your comment I used to enjoy playing Halo 3 with friends but you have shown me my ignorance.

8-29-2008 @ 10:00PM

typeusername said...

Awesome Pictures. I can't wait to log some hours on this map when it is officially released. Thanks X3F!

8-29-2008 @ 10:48PM

Dragod said...

Video run-through:

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/29/pax-2008-video-runthough-of-new-halo-3-map-assembly/

8-29-2008 @ 11:29PM

Caleb Frost said...

So perfectly covenantly purple. Too bad my xbox has RROD (moment of silence for the fallen please)

8-29-2008 @ 11:45PM

Gun Barrier (Gamer Tag) said...

cool

8-30-2008 @ 2:56AM

Benjamin Three said...

Dammit, another waste of Halo map space. Seriously, this map could have been something cool. Instead, it's another mid-sized, purple map i've played a thousand times in Halo 2.

For a developer who proud themselves in 'looking after' their community, you would've thought they'd be aware that the large majority prefer maps based on the human world like ghost town, high ground and headlong.

(sorry, guess i'm just still annoyed that halo 3 promised to be a last fight for earth, when actually, hardly any of it does take place on earth)

8-30-2008 @ 9:47AM

ryan said...

heh, those were my thoughts when they promised Halo 2 would be more Earth concentrated. and then they f'ed up that Halo 3 "invasion" as well.

i can't wait for that rumored ODST game, it's sure to be more Earth oriented. i hope.

8-30-2008 @ 3:03AM

Boomer said...

so how much $$ are we expected to cough up for this map?

8-30-2008 @ 6:03AM

Brian said...

No one knows.

8-30-2008 @ 6:02AM

Brian said...

The map looks fantastic

8-30-2008 @ 8:25AM

dicknjane said...

wow, it looks amazing! its just the kind of map we need. medium sized, close quarters, and covenant styled! thank you Bungie for another great map!!

8-30-2008 @ 9:23AM

Benjamin Three said...

^^^ I'm gonna assume this was sarcastic, for obvious reasons.

8-30-2008 @ 9:11PM

Mike said...

I personally, like the covenant style and forerunner style maps much more than the human ones, if you want human maps play any other FPS game out there.

The futuristic, and unique style the covenant and forerunner maps have is always fun. Midship and lockout were the best two halo maps out there.

Ghost town sucks, its worse than even epitaph.

Some of the human style maps are good in halo, but the covenant ones are much better, this one looks to be promising too.

9-18-2008 @ 12:09PM

ferretron said...

oh fantastic. (i think everyone else will agree) i just want another map a bit like sandtrap. there arent that many big maps and even when avalanche came out that was flawed with the passage through the middle making capture the flag games too quick and the camper that bit more annoying. i really hope they can actually start to think about maps rather than remaking old ones and hoping that the gamers will be happy because i know im not. an earth orientated one would be great. a city one or an open one for snipers and vehicles.

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