Bungie and Microsoft have announced that a series of three new multiplayer maps for Halo 3 will be available come December 11, as part of the Heroic Map Pack.

The maps include Standoff, Rat’s Nest and Foundry, each of which are detailed below. At launch the entire map pack will cost 800 Microsoft Points. Though if you’re not willing to pay up, then you can wait until Spring 2008 when all three maps will be available for free download.

* The symmetrical valley of Standoff, with its entrenched bases and fields of boulders is ideal for mid-sized objective and Slayer game types.

* The vast, labyrinthine passages of the Rat’s Nest bring something completely new to the multiplayer experience: an indoor vehicle paradise. Strongly influenced by the Campaign mode, this map is ideal for big team battles.

* Foundry is the ultimate Forge map. Players can edit every single object in this voluminous industrial warehouse, placing stairways, walls, bridges, and tunnels to create an entirely new play space and build almost any kind of map imaginable.

Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack [Xbox]

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