Big news from Bungie! Frankie finally revealed the details today about the new Halo 2 maps.

Tombstone

Halo 2 players can now play arguably the best Halo 1 map out there: Hang ’em High! Time to get the BRs ready and prepare for some mid-range pwnage across the map. This map is so awesome for juggernaut, moving KOTH, territories, and team slayer. It has a cool new look too… it looks like it’s in a loading dock area of Halo 2.

Desolation

The remake of Halo’s Derelict, this map makes for some interesting rumble pit games and great 2v2 matches. It’s a small map with some carefully placed transporters and tunnels to make for some narrow escapes and just in time cover.

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Just when you thought that was all, Frankie tells us these maps will be $4 and they’ll be available for Xbox 1 and the Xbox 360. You’ll need a gold account to download the maps. They’ll be available April 17th. We can’t wait! More info at “bungie.net”:http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=certainaffinitymaps.

For weeks now, we have seen the rumors about an updated Xbox 360, that would provide gamers the much coveted HDMI connection, and a 120 gig hard drive. Microsoft has finally made it official, that the pretty Black edition, known as the Elite, is truly a reality.
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