And we were expecting only coal in our stocking, but those generous boys at Bungie were nice enough to get us some new screenshots for the upcoming Halo 3’s Mythic Map Pack.

Bungie reminds us that we’re still weeks away from getting our hands on the new Halo 3 maps, courtesy of Halo Wars unfortunately. So to tide you over as the weeks drag on, we’re re-gifting these virtually new pictures to you in our gallery.

Hit the jump for all the screenshots.

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The clock is ticking for the doomed Ensemble Studios – But they’re not ready to close shop just yet, and one of the studio’s final acts of PR has been to release a load of pictures and information on the units you’ll be commanding in Halo Wars.

Coming in the form of “field manuals”, the guides – one for the UNSC, one for the Covenant – shows what Ensemble are saying is every constructible unit and building in the game (special and mission-specific ones notwithstanding). read more »

Super developer Ensemble Studios has had a 2 part challenge, challenges that other manufacturers have had little success in so far: 1)Make a solid RTS for consoles and 2)Make it about the Halo universe. No easy task by any means.

The result is the four-years-in-development Halo Wars, and what will be the last title from Ensemble. Microsoft will be closing the Texas-based studio early next year. To create the title, Ensemble built Halo Wars from the ground up, setting out to make a RTS that pleases RTS players and Halo players.

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