Downloadable content

Map packs are sets of additional multiplayer maps provided by Bungie for Halo 2 and Halo 3. They have been released with two to five maps each.

Blastacular Pack
Blastacular Pack is a downloadable content package for Halo 2. It was released on April 17, 2007 for $4.00 and re-released as an updated package on May 7, 2007 (still for $4.00), as several glitches discovered in the included content had been fixed. Blastacular Pack was made permanently free on July 7, 2007 (Bungie Day). This download is required in order to play Halo 2 Matchmaking over Xbox Live.

Blastacular Pack added the following content to Halo 2:


 * New multiplayer map- Desolation
 * New multiplayer map- Tombstone

Maptacular Pack
Maptacular Pack is a downloadable content package for Halo 2. It was released on July 5, 2005 for $11.99 and was made permanently free on August 30, 2005. This download is required in order to play Halo 2 Matchmaking over Xbox Live. Maptacular Pack is the largest downloadable content package for Halo 2.

Maptacular Pack added the following content to Halo 2:


 * New multiplayer map- Backwash
 * New multiplayer map- Elongation
 * New multiplayer map- Gemini
 * New multiplayer map- Relic
 * New multiplayer map- Terminal

Killtacular Pack
Killtacular Pack is a downloadable content package for Halo 2. It was released on April 25, 2005 for $4.99 and was made permanently free on June 28, 2005. This download is required in order to play Halo 2 Matchmaking over Xbox Live.

Killtacular Pack added the following content to Halo 2:


 * New multiplayer map- Sanctuary
 * New multiplayer map- Turf

Bonus Map Pack
Bonus Map Pack is a downloadable content package for Halo 2. It was released on April 25, 2005 as a free download sponsored by Mountain Dew. This download is required in order to play Halo 2 Matchmaking over Xbox Live.

Bonus Map Pack added the following content to Halo 2:


 * New multiplayer map- Containment
 * New multiplayer map- Warlock

Heroic Map Pack
Heroic Map Pack was the first downloadable content package for Halo 3. It was released on December 11, 2007, retailing at $10.00 (800 Microsoft Points). The pack was made free on March 25 2008, 6 months to the day after Halo 3's release, readying for the release of the Legendary Map Pack. The Pack's maps includes a large Soccer Ball, along with other shiny new items in Forge.

Heroic Map Pack added the following content to Halo 3:


 * New multiplayer map- Standoff
 * New multiplayer map- Rat's Nest
 * New multiplayer map- Foundry

Legendary Map Pack
Legendary Map Pack was the second downloadable content package for Halo 3. It was released on April 15, 2008, retailing at $10.00 (800 Microsoft Points). The pack's maps included Visual Effects filters, which alter the visuals of the game for Custom Games or Machinimas. The pack also included a free Bungie Pro subscription worth 700 Microsoft points. On July 7th, 2008, Bungie Day, the price was lowered in price to 600 Microsoft Points, but the Bungie Pro offer was gone.

Legendary Map Pack added the following content to Halo 3:


 * New multiplayer map- Avalanche
 * New multiplayer map- Blackout
 * New multiplayer map- Ghost Town

Cold Storage
This map was released on its own, on July 7, 2008, as a free download to commemorate Bungie Day. Unlike the gamerpics which were also available on that day, Cold Storage will remain available and free forever.

Cold Storage adds the following content to Halo 3:


 * New multiplayer map- Cold Storage

Mythic Map Pack
The third multiplayer map pack has six new maps (as shown in with the new achievements), and new Forge Objects. The title of the map pack was confirmed by Joseph Staten and Frank O'Connor at Comic Con 2008, and by the new achievements.


 * New multiplayer map- Orbital
 * New multiplayer map- Assembly
 * New multiplayer map- Longshore
 * New multiplayer map- Citadel
 * New multiplayer map- Sandbox
 * New multiplayer map- Heretic

The first half of the map pack, Assembly, Orbital and Sandbox, were packaged as downloadable content using one-time codes alongside the Limited Edition of Halo Wars, which was released on February 26, 27 and March 3 2009 depending on region. The second half of the map pack have been confirmed to be shipped alongside with the first half of the Mythic Map Pack, Cold Storage, Heroic Map Pack and Legendary Map Pack when Halo 3: ODST is released.

Each of these maps, new and unreleased, also feature a hidden skull, like the original Campaign mode ones. This is noted by reading the descriptions for each of the new achievements named after the levels. Because of the exploration opportunities in Forge, the skulls are difficult to find on each map, as the skulls in Assembly, Orbital and Sandbox have shown.