Microsoft has now made the Halo 3 Heroic map pack available free of charge on Xbox Live Marketplace. Originally released in Dec 07 this triple map pack previously cost 800 Microsoft points.

The Heroic map pack consists of the following maps:

STANDOFF

FOUNDRY

RAT’S NEST

How to download the Heroic map pack:

• Sign into Xbox Live
• Go to Marketplace
• Select Game Store
• Find Halo 3
• Select the Heroic Map Pack
• Select confirm download

The next Halo 3 map pack (called Legendary) will be released on the 15th April 08 for 800 Microsoft points.

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Bioware have announced that the first Mass Effect content pack called “Bring Down The Sky” will be released on Xbox Live Marketplace at 7am on the 10th March 2008. It will cost 400 Microsoft points.

So what do you get for your points:

• ~90mins of game play
• 1 new achievement (worth 50 gamerpoints)
• 1 new uncharted world
• 1 new alien race - The Batarians
• Millions of innocent citizens to save

However, in order to access this new content (planet) Commander Shepherd must be in command of the Normandy spaceship. For this you will need a save game either a couple of hours from the start (or end) of the game. I know Weefz usually has about a bazillion different saves on every game she plays (if the game allows it), so she’ll be fine. I expect that future content packs will also have the same prerequisite; a (working) spaceship.

Look out for Weefz’s forthcoming review of Mass Effect.

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