Halo 2 Maps Due In July

Microsoft Game Studios has announced a July release date for the highly anticipated Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack. Though Xbox players will be able to get the maps via Xbox Live.

The multiplayer expansion pack : retail version (RRP $34.95 NZD*) contains:

• Nine new multiplayer maps
  
• Two new videos: The first an animated side-story from the single-player story in New Mombasa. The second a mini-documentary that includes interviews with the map designers, combat strategies and fly-throughs of the new maps.

The content will also be available via Xbox Live
As a special bonus, Xbox Live subscribers get an early chance to check out four of the maps in late April.

Two maps, Containment and Warlock, will be presented by Mountain Dew at no cost to Xbox Live subscribers.

Two additional maps, Sanctuary and Turf, can be purchased as a single download via Xbox Live for $7.99 NZD*. To complete the Map Pack collection, subscribers can download the five remaining maps on June 28 for $19.99 NZD*

About the first 4 Maps

Set in a Forerunner environment on Delta Halo, Containment is a massive, icy outdoor environment suitable for vehicle combat and large team objective games such as Capture the Flag.

Warlock, a small-to-midsized indoor arena set in ancient Forerunner ruins, provides ample opportunities for a variety of gametypes such as Territories, Slayer, Team Slayer and more.

Located in the streets of Old Mombasa near the wreckage of a downed Covenant Scarab, Turf is a midsize asymmetrical urban combat environment with narrow streets, dark alleyways and heavily defended buildings.

The sunlit remains of an ancient Forerunner temple, Sanctuary is a medium-sized symmetrical environment excellent for Capture the Flag, Assault, Territories and Slayer games.

Halo 2, the most popular Xbox game to date, has sold more than 6.8 million copies worldwide since its November 2004 release. Launched to critical and consumer acclaim, the game has earned more than a dozen awards, including several for Game of the Year, Best Soundtrack and Best Shooter.

Pushing the Xbox hardware to its very limits, Halo 2 expands on everything that made the original game great, while adding a wealth of technological and gameplay advances. Significantly improved graphics, enhanced artificial intelligence (AI), an advanced real-time lighting engine and destructible interactive environments are just a small part of Halo 2�s evolution of design and technology. Every improvement in Halo 2 is designed to take gameplay to a new level � and in the end, to tell a more compelling story.

Utilising Xbox Live to redefine online play, Halo 2 delivers superior online multiplayer capabilities. Whether playing with a clan on a new multiplayer map, boarding a friend's Warthog, dogfighting in Banshees or checking player stats, Halo 2 brings the social experience to a higher level via Xbox Live.

More information about Halo 2 is available at http://www.halo2.com.au .

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*prices subject to change.

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