Halo 3: One Billion games played

Recently, Bungie announced that Halo 3 has had over One Billion games played since its launch in 2007. This number even tops their previous game Halo 2 in games played, and that was released in 2004. Clearly people are playing a lot more Halo 3 than they were Halo 2.

Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack release date

Halo 3's new and popular "Mythic Map Pack" finally has a release date for those who didn't purchase the Halo Wars Collector's Edition or win a code in any of the multiple contests that were held since before Halo Wars was even released. The "Mythic Map Pack" will be hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace on April 9th, 2009 and will cost 800 Microsoft Points. Be sure to start saving those points so that you can download the maps on the first day and pwn some noobs!