Rumor: First Screens of Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack Leaked - News
by VGChartz Staff , posted on 10 February 2011 / 5,244 Views
Unofficial Halo fan site HaloDestiny.net supposedly got their hands on Halo: Reach's unreleased "Defiant Map Pack" early, and they uploaded some low-quality stills from the three new maps to their site for everyone to enjoy. The site then went down, but the images in question are still available on a separate Flickr account. And here, oh boy!
It will supposedly contain three new maps: "Condemned," "Unearthed," and "Highlands." Condemned takes place on a human frigate, Unearthed has more open spaces, and the main event in Highlands is a giant Covenant ship in the middle of glassing a planet. Since I'm such a n00b, I had to look up the term glassing. According to the Halo Wiki, "glassing" is "a destructive process which signifies an end to a planetary body," a.k.a. a plasma bombardment from space. That's hardcore.
On the Flickr account where the images are hosted, the Highlands map is titled "Training Preserve," so the more-than-passing resemblance it bears to Halo 3's High Grounds may be a coincidence.
How about it, gamers: are you ready for more Reach? Check out most of the screens from the Flickr below, with the rest in the gallery.
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Can't wait for these!
I hope they make more free forge based maps since everyone automatically gets them. I hardly get to play the Noble maps during normal play since not many people have it.
I like halo Map packs because they only charge $12 (800MP) for them, which isn't too bad. Not enough sci fi shooters, gotta support the cause.
Kind of tired of Halo Reach sadly;;;; But looks legit.....
I saw these leaks yesterday. Simply fantastic. I can't wait to stop and watch the Corvette fly around and glass Reach.
Probably not going to happen, but it would be cool if that ship slowly destroyed parts of the map, decreasing its size over time etc.
