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Major Nelson has informed Xboxers that the Halo 3 Heroic Map pack, containing 3 new multiplayer maps, is now available for free from the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Standoff
The symmetrical valley of Standoff, with its entrenched bases and fields of boulders is ideal for mid-sized objective and Slayer game types.

Rat’s Nest
The vast, labyrinthine passages of the Rat’s Nest bring something completely new to the multiplayer experience: an indoor vehicle paradise. Strongly influenced by the Campaign mode, this map is ideal for big team battles.

Foundry
Foundry is the ultimate Forge map. Players can edit every single object in this voluminous industrial warehouse, placing stairways, walls, bridges, and tunnels to create an entirely new play space and build almost any kind of map imaginable.

Exiting stuff, although it’s a shame that Halo 3 is such an average game.

Source: http://snipurl.com/heroicfree

After buying a second-hand PSP, GoYUK Editor Dave Barlow tells us why it’s fantastic to be a cheapskate.

One of the best things about jumping ship to a console fairly late in the game is that one can cherry-pick from the finest games to have been made during the console’s comparatively long life - most of which are available for a few quid, since they’re supposedly out of date! You won’t catch me buying Ridge Racer at full RRP, no sir.

As an example (and an exercise in my own smugness), here are the games which currently occupy the pile next to my bed:

• Metal Gear Acid - £5
• CRUSH - £6
• Patapon - $20 (about £10.50)
• Tekken: Dark Resurrection - with console
• Sega Genesis Collection - with console

Now, when you consider that I paid about £70 for the PSP (with games!), we’re laughing. For under £100, I’ve bought a console which is still very relevant, as well as what I consider to be some of the top games for that system, with a few pennies spare for Loco Roco when I see it.

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Well, the 360’s been around for a while now and all of the big franchises have hit the market. This is epitomised in Amazon UK’s latest 360 bundle deal. For £184.98, you can get the console itself (Xbox 360 Arcade), Halo 3 and a pre-order of Grand theft Auto IV (just enough time left for you to complete the third instalment of Master Chief’s exploits before the Greatest Game Ever Made destroys your social life, then).

If you’ve been on the fence about whether to get a “next-gen” gaming console, or you think your PS3 looks lonely on its own in front of your TV, this might be the time to find out just what you’ve been missing all this time.

Hit the link and read the blurb on the page to find out how to bundle these top two titles in with your new 360.

HMV are running a not-to-be-sniffed-at deal for GTA IV, throwing 1000 Live points into the expletive-filled air for folks who pre-order the game at £39.99. If you order it online, you’ll also get a voucher book for HMV. Free money! (sort of…)

We’re delighted to announce that all gamers who pre-order the hugely anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360 will receive 1000 Xbox LIVE points absolutely free. These points can be used on Xbox LIVE Marketplace to download content such as new levels for your favourite games, media including HD films and music, and full Xbox LIVE Arcade games.
All hmv.com customers who pre-order GTA IV on Xbox 360 will also receive a voucher booklet giving you over £130 worth of savings. These vouchers will be redeemable in hmv stores only, and feature savings on a range of recently released videogames and gaming accessories.

Guns ‘n’ cars ‘n’ stuff! Woo!

Zavvi.co.uk (Formerly Virgin Megastores) have a great deal on Flatout: Ultimate Carnage for the 360 at the moment. They’re offering the game for £13.00! And that’s with FREE Delivery! Flatout is a great racing series, If you haven’t played it before it’s a bit like that old game Destruction Derby except more fun, due to the addition of a handful of original modes such as; Bowling, where you need to launch your driver through the windscreen of your car at breakneck speed toward 10 huge pins in an attempt to knock as many down as possible; High Jump, where you need to launch your driver through the windscreen of your car at breakneck speed at a high angle in an attempt to fly as high as possible and also Long Jump, where you need to launch your driver through the windscreen of your car at breakneck speed in order to… Well you get the point. (more…)

We’ve brought you a lot of good deals recently, but this one might just take the biscuit.

Play.com are having one of their super-cool sales, with a lot of top games thrown into the mix.

As is becoming customary, here are our headliners:

•  Rainbox Six: Vegas 360 - £14.99
• World in Conflict PC - £14.99
• Company of Heroes: Gold Edition PC - £14.99
• Supreme Commander: Gold Edition PC - £14.99
• Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion PS3 - £17.99
• Geometry Wars: Galaxies Wii - £14.99
• Final Fantasy XI: Revenant Wings DS - £12.99
• Worm: Open Warfare 2 DS - £12.99

Head on over there and tell them Uncle Goy sentcha.

Amazon have been doing quite well for prices recently (do a quick search for GTA IV for proof of that fact), and this beaut’s no different.

I’ve had a quick playtest of ET: QW and to me it came across as Battlefield with more open landscapes. For this price, it’s definitely worth a shot (terrible, I know) if you enjoy your team-based shooters.

Head on over there and get your Wars on.

The lowest price you’ll ever pay to have dirt kicked up in your face!

Head over to Choices and take advantage of the fact that clearly an idiot is setting their prices! (or something…)

The Gamestation site are selling off a few Wii games at a tasty price.

As you’d expect, there’s the usual tosh, but there are a few highlights. Here are our star players:

• Call of Duty 3
• Eledees
• Ghost Squad
• Geometry Wars: Galaxies
• Mercury Meltdown Revolution
• Nights: Journey of Dreams
• Red Steel
• Sonic and the Secret Rings
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
• Endless Ocean
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Click the exciting price to hit those deals and more…

Just like my standards as my waistline grows, the price of Resistance is truly plummeting.

Those loveable scamps at Choices are the main perpetrators of said price drop, so get on over there and give them a piece of your mind.