Halo Anniversary Maps Coming to Halo: Reach Next Week

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Richard Walker

If the thought of picking up Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary on launch day, is just one game too far for you during this packed November, then here's a compromise for you, if you already happen to own a copy of Halo: Reach. The Halo Anniversary Map Pack will be launching on the same day as the game itself, giving Reach players a chance to get in on the action and celebrate a decade of Halo.

Bundling a total of seven maps, with six multiplayer maps and one Firefight map, the Halo Anniversary Map Pack (how many times have we said "map" now?), lets you revisit past Halo maps, revised and revamped using the Halo: Reach engine. If however, you still purchase Halo: CE Anniversary, you'll be able to launch the Anniversary maps from that game instead, or install the pack to be able to launch it from either Anniversary or Reach.

Here are the details of all seven maps, courtesy of Halo.xbox.com:

  • Battle Canyon (2 - 8 players)  - “The telemetry spires in these canyons help manage the Halo ring’s vast translocation grid.”
    The rocky warrens of this part of Halo provide the ideal environment for an array of impressive telemetry clusters. These spires’ synchronisation conduits ensure that the ring’s translocation grid is always fully operational, part of a remarkably powerful system which allows near-instant transportation across the full ten thousand kilometers that span the installation.
  • Breakneck (8 - 16 players) - “The initial Covenant strike is over, but the fight for Mombasa has just begun.”
    Section 21 once looked out onto the New Mombasa Orbital Elevator with pride and optimism. Now, with much of the city flooded by the Covenant’s brutal assault, the skyline is only a shattered ghost of what it once was as the battle for humanity’s survival continues on the streets and corridors below.
  • High Noon (4 - 12 players) - “Despite millennia of abandonment, transportation facilities like this one continue to function flawlessly.”
    The vast generator complexes which power this enormous slipspace portal allow it to connect with an unknown number of locations across the galaxy. However, passage through this system requires a Forerunner keyship, and few command such a vessel this long after the disappearance of the portal’s creators.
  • Penance (2 - 8 players) - “The Covenant have harnessed the waters of this moon to refuel their massive supercarriers.”
    As the primary satellite of the Unggoy homeworld, Buwan provides the perfect environment for this massive Covenant hydro-facility used to power and refuel a variety of capital ships. Though still operational via automated subsystems, the station was abandoned shortly after the breaking of the Covenant.
  • Ridgeline (8 - 16 players) - “Overlooking one of Halo’s impressive relay complexes, this idyllic cliffside once served as a UNSC staging area.”
    Once serving as a watchpoint for the immense relay complex below, the monitoring outposts nestled atop this ridge became a staging ground for human forces during their time on Installation 04. Toward the end of the conflict, a Covenant assault brought the resistance of the marines here to a tragic end.
  • Solitary (2 - 8 players) - “The security spire’s damaged interior only hints at the terrifying power of its previous inhabitant.”
    These spinning confinement platforms are a testament to the technological prowess of the Forerunners. In the event of a security breach, the facility’s suborbital location and frigid temperature were thought to be able to keep any threat at bay, but it appears those plans were… optimistic.
  • Installation 04 (1 - 4 players) - “Fight for survival around mysterious Forerunner structures on Installation 04.”
    When the UNSC Pillar of Autumn arrived at Alpha Halo—also known as Installation 04—the Covenant was already there to welcome them. The conflict that followed raged across the surface of the ringworld, eventually pitting the renowned and battle-hardened ODSTs against a merciless Covenant assault, which would stop at nothing to control Halo.

That's a whole lot of mappy loveliness right there. You'll be able to pick up the Halo Anniversary Map Pack for Halo: Reach for 1200 Microsoft Points on November 15th. That's the same day Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary launches, but then we're sure you already knew that.

Comments
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  • Can't Wait! I've been aching for this moment!!!
  • Wait, so the maps that come with Halo Anniversary, they are now expecting us to pay for to play on Reach? No thanks, M$.
  • @3 The article clearly states that these maps are included in Halo: CEA, but if you don't want to buy Anniversary then you can get the map pack seperately for 1200. I get that you were in a haste to post on here so you could trot out the tired 'M$' joke, but I'd prefer you to at least put some effort into trolling the comments page. I expected more from a Lord.
  • You get a code in anniversary to import these to reach for free your moronic kids.. stay in school. You pay for these only if you dont buy anniversary and want to play these maps.
  • So, if i read correctly, Anniversary the maps are free, but to play them on Reach its 1200??
  • i was 2 seconds slow... thanks ^
  • @6&7 If you weren't so quick to get back in and thumb you're own comment, you may have had chance to fully read the responses and not have to ask that. On topic: The Library in 30 minutes on legendary? Yikes...
  • Forcing us to get the game on release to secure our free extra 50G in Reach. Clever !
  • That is actually a pretty generous offer.
  • @11 Yes, and Anniversary comes with a DLC code to get all these maps free for Reach. This offer is only for those who don't want to buy Anniversary, but want the maps for Reach. As for 'furiously clicking the comment box to berate you', what I'm actually doing is trying to make sure that the misinformation in the thread (coming from people who evidently can't read but still wish to increase their post count) does not confuse people. You're incredibly welcome.
  • RancidSkank is my new hero!
  • @9 You don't have to get it on release, you can get it whenever you want (unless they close the servers) as the achievements don't have an expiry date
  • @8 Hopefully it's an indication that they shortened the Library level!
  • I wonder what remake Solitary is. I recognize Beaver/Battle Creek, Headlong, Damnation/Hydration (I get the two mixed up), Hang Em High/Tombstone, and Timberland.
  • @16 From what I've heard it's the exact same game, but with an option for 'Normal' or 'HD' visuals that you can switch between (and is necessary for some aspects of the game, such as the new terminals). That aside, I don't think they have made any changes to the core gameplay, which emans that particular achievement is an absolute killer! Hopefully some kind soul on here will find an easier way (or I've improved since Halo came out) as it took me hours to get through the first time around on Legendary, when you take into account all the deaths :(
  • Dude! 1200 points? That's $15. You might as well just get the full Halo Anniversary for that price...I guess that's the point.
  • I do want to put your mind at ease with the beat x level in x minutes achievements. When I used to play Halo 1 we found some shortcuts and exploits to beat the entire game in 2 hours and 12 minutes. Someone will find shortcuts and will post them on YouTube for you to follow to help you get the full 1000gs.
  • @20 I'm impressed with that, make no mistake. Halo on Legendary in 2 hours? Nice - some of the individual levels took me 2 hours on Legendary back in the day, and I consider myself quite decent at FPS!
  • 1200 msp for 7 maps is a bargin, with cod usually give out 4 or 5 at that price, course i'll be getting them free with aniversary whic i'm getting for the awsome campaign anyway
  • @19: 10,000! We could almost buy our own ship for that!
  • My head hurts now, do I play Halo Reach or Halo CE on launch day...confused.com!
  • I certainly can't wait to play these maps. Especially Ridgeline, Battle canyon and Breakneck :)
  • @23 But whos gonna fly it kid? You?
  • @23 & @26 (Original) Star Wars references = AWESOME!!! :-D As for the people NOT buying the best Halo in the series AND complaining about paying for the map packs... IDIOTS!
  • Oh... and Luke, not being such a bad pilot... PRICELESS!
  • @24, Neither I will be playing ACR on launch day!!! Then maybe Halo at night or the next day!
  • So wait. They said INSTALL. As in install the DLC maps from the disc? Isn't this the exact same way they lost money on the Halo 2 map pack disc? ie. I could just bring my disc over a friends house, and he can have the maps too. Or did I miss something?
  • @30 Last one for the day, it's a DLC code that you redeem for the map pack, not something you install from the disc. This has also been announced and listed in the news feed on this site previously. So yes, you did miss something. Good day, sir.
  • Do people not READ the articles? - The maps come FREE if you buy Halo CE Anniversary edition and will be playable in Halo CE AND REACH - If you don't buy Halo CE, the maps cost 1200MS points to play in Reach
  • @31. No need to be a dick. I know they announced a while back that its a code. But if you READ the article he mentions INSTALLING the maps. So its easy to see the confussion. So CTFO.
  • @2 you don't get 20 map packs for 4000 with cod elite. They plainly stated 20 articles of dlc, not maps. Some are maps, others are avatar items, themes, weapon skins, etc. And 1200 for 7 maps is a lot better than what most games do. But still the article was clear you only need to buy the map pack if you want to play them on Reach but don't buy the new Halo. I don't understand why people are complaining about free Reach maps in a great game that only costs 39.99 at launch.
  • @34 It's actually £29.99 in GAME, though I think you meant to say that. I'm really looking forward to CEA, and the new maps that come with it.
  • This price is actually way better than what they're asking for actual game. I will pass for now, but might just pick up once it goes on DoTW=P
  • Does anyone know if there are there going to be new achievements for reach when this launches?
  • @#2, What game has 20 map packs? Please inform me. If you think its MW3, please hang yourself and have your family inform me. Either way works.
  • yes there will be new achievements for this pack 250GS you can see them on waypoint and im guessing it works like ODST maps did in halo 3 so if your getting halo combat evolved annaversarry you dont need to pay for the maps
  • @38 LOLLLLLZZZZ
  • @11 From what I've heard, and I could be wrong so don't quote me on this, they can't do that like they did with ODST and Halo 3's maps because Bungie made the original Reach maps. If they were to put all the maps from Reach on a disc and sell it with Halo:CE Anniversary, they would have to give Bungie royalties from each sale. @37 I think Halo Waypoint lists the new achievements.
  • Ahh the excuse I needed to start on Reach multiplayer again, I recently tagged up the easy 25,000cr they were giving away and now this is out it will be totally awesome! That and playing Halo CE with the new firefight maps is gonna be great! @17 maybe Solitary is the firefight map from the beach level of the campaign?
  • I think I'm more disturbed in this community that no one corrected #2's math skills than I am with the price of the DLC. The guy thinks he can get 150 maps for 4000MSP. Way to not look out for each other, people!
  • @26 You bet I could! I'm not such a bad pilot myself! We don't have to sit here and listen to this!
  • So Price Equivalency for Australia $68 $15 for Maps $53 for a Revamped Campaign with Achievements, Skulls, Terminals, Online Co-op and the ability to switch between Anniversary and Combat Evolved.
  • I think we need a tick box " I confirm I have bothered to read the article and will not comment " @2.... no forget it. Not even worth it. @45 Congratulations on being a complete fuckwit. Did you read the article and any of the 4 posts by Rancidskank? @33 Yes there is a reason to "be a dick about it" when it clearly states and then reitarated 4 times the question you ask. read --> comment
  • @46, Essentially, what #45 was saying was that if 343 is valuing the multiplayer aspect of Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary at $15 (US), which is the cost for purchasing it separately for Halo Reach players, then the campaign, what with its new achievements, skulls, terminals, online co-op, and new graphics, is worth $25 (US) for a total of the final retail price, $40 (US). I don't understand why you got so mad at him--he didn't even say his opinion on the price, he just broke it down. It doesn't make sense to me that one would say that the maps are for "free" if you buy Halo CEA. They aren't a special bonus, they have been advertised alongside the campaign. The maps are part of what you pay for in the $40 price tag, or you can buy them separately for $15.
  • about time
  • @17 Solitary used to be Prisoner.
  • 47 dear god..... He was saying he would have to pay... you know what fuck it' Learn to to read.
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  • Halo CEA is going to be amazing to relive. Sucks live will be down on the 15th
  • @50, bud I know how to read ;) Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary is selling for $69.99 in Australia; he rounded it down to $68 (OZ). All he did was break down the components of Halo CEA and price them individually. If the maps, bought separately, are valued by 343 Industries at $15 (OZ), then the campaign, according to his math, is valued at $53 in Australia. Literally, literally, all he did was break the $68 (OZ) price tag down, possibly to determine if $53 of the $68 is worth the things 343 did with the campaign. I wouldn't have said anything, but I felt like your reaction to his post was a bit harsh, unnecessary.
  • Iv got this game for 2 days now, I can say IT IS AWESOME!! It looks great and its the best halo campaign in my opinion. I played this game for months every day, deleting save data when i completed all difficulties, just to play it again, making the warthog jump, and all that, I LOVE HALO! @ 53 I got this game for 33 euro including shipping, those double price tags are a rip off!
  • Where is Blood Gulch! After everything Rooster Teeth has done for Microsoft, you think they'd give em something back :)
  • no bloodgulch?
  • @2 you think you are gonna get 20 map packs for 4000 msp? you do realise its 20 maps for 4000 msp only 4 map packs its a season pass for MW3 OT: need to play more halo reach ive been playing MW3 like the other 1.6 million people lol
  • @55 + 56 Welcome to the world of Halo, you must be new in it, as Halo reach already has Hemorrage , which is basicly Blood Gulch. This game is like half the price of a regular game here, and you get the whole halo campaign, + extra cool videos you can unlock, telling more of the story, i only found 2 yet, same with the skulls. I dont wanna use any guides for that, I wanna find it all myself. I played halo 10 years ago, and i love playing it again now, with the new graphics. It looks so much better. + you get a download code for the maps. And this game is not expansive, and who would wanna sell this??? Everyone should get it new and keep it. And they put some anniversary achievements in halo reach as well. You can play the maps from the anniversary disc, with your halo reach stats, but you cant select anything form halo reach mp. And they should be putting up the Mp matchmaking mode for anniversary maps in halo reach today. After playing halo, i just cant get back into serious shooters. Halo is the best!
  • so this is just a scam to get ppl to buy anniversary cuse of the extra maps for reach and to get ppl to buy reach cuse they get a code for free dlc for it. you know im right. especially those of you who thumbs down me. you ppl will thumbs down anything that doesnt fit in your perfect little world.
  • and rancid skank? lovely name...the m$ joke isnt tired when it is oh so true. microsoft is greedy. their shady business tactics prove it. some of you ppl are the reason i hardly get on here anymore. fanboys....have you ever heard of people having opinions?
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