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The '''Legendary Map Pack''' or '''LMP''' is the second map pack to be released at the Xbox Live Marketplace to download for 800 Microsoft Points on April 15, 2008 for [[Halo 3]].<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13382</ref> It is the follow up to the [[Heroic Map Pack]], released on December 11, 2007.<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13070</ref> [[Bungie]] has stated, in a recent update, that the next map pack will be full of remakes. So far, however, only [[Avalanche (level)|Avalanche]] has been stated as a remake of the [[Halo]] map [[Sidewinder]]. [[Ghost Town]] appears to have no resemblance to any other map in the Halo series. Also the '''Legendary Map Pack''' is retailing at the same price as the [[Heroic Map Pack]], therefore indicating that this map pack, again, consists of three maps: 
[[File:H3 LegendaryMapPack Banner.jpg|right|250px]]
The '''Legendary Map Pack''' is the second map pack released for ''[[Halo 3]]''. It was released on April 15, 2008 for 800 Microsoft Points{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13605|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Legendary Maps Available Now!}}, before being reduced to 600 Microsoft Points on [[Bungie Day|July 7, 2008]].{{Ref/Reuse|bungieday}} Following [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3 2010]], the Legendary map pack was further reduced to 160 Microsoft Points. In [[2017]], the map pack was made available for free to all players in [[2017]] to celebrate the release of all [[Xbox 360]] ''Halo'' titles via [[backward compatibility]] on the [[Xbox One]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/halo-summer-celebration|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Summer Celebration}} All Legendary Map Pack content is included in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.


Players who bought the map pack at full price, prior to July 7, were additionally given a free year-long subscription to [[Bungie Pro]], though this benefit was no longer offered following the price decrease.{{Ref/Site|Id=bungieday|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=14568|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update: 7/03/08}}
* '''[[Avalanche (Level)|Avalanche]]'''  (Formerly Cottonball)
* '''[[Ghost Town]]''' (Formerly O.K. Corral)
* '''[[Moonlight Sonata (level)|Moonlight Sonata]]'''


==Description==
Ghost Town: The First show screenshots are available [http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13287 here]
The Legendary Map Pack blends old and new. Ghost Town’s asymmetrical mix of confined spaces and long lines of fire makes for frenetic games. Avalanche re-imagines the original Halo classic, Sidewinder, with new features, tweaked vehicles and massive outdoor spaces. Significant changes bring big improvements to the map, yet its contours and cliffs should provide a welcome sense of familiarity. Blackout, on the other hand, is the purest remake to date – all-time favorite Lockout gets a graphical overhaul, but retains its challenging mix of ramps, platforms, tunnels and hallways.{{Ref/Site|Id=Xbox|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Halo-3-Legendary-Map-Pack/00000000-0000-400c-80cf-00064d5307e6#|Site=Xbox.com|Page=Legendary Map Pack}}


==Maps==
Avalanche Screenshots are avialable [http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13382 here]
===Avalanche===
{{Main|Avalanche}}
The spiritual successor to ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s large snowy vehicular map [[Sidewinder]], Avalanche is the ''Halo'' trilogy's then-second-largest multiplayer map. All [[Human]] vehicles on this map are snow-camouflaged, and two vehicles, the [[Hornet]] and the [[Scorpion]] tank, are now available on this map in Matchmaking. However, the Hornet, which was a Transport Hornet, was "toned down" for Matchmaking due to balance issues. Avalanche was codenamed ''Cottonball''.
<gallery>
File:H3 Avalanche RedBase.jpg|Avalanche.
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===Blackout===
Moonlight sonata will have the first scrrenshots released on the 03/25 2008 on Bungie.net
{{Main|Blackout}}
The remake of the popular ''[[Halo 2]]'' map; [[Lockout]], Blackout was designed with a human theme layout unlike its predecessor Lockout, which had a [[Forerunner]] theme instead. However, they were both based in cold climates. Blackout's setting is an abandoned drill platform in the Arctic, and has spectacular views of icy oceans and glacial formations. Blackout has a few spawn point changes that differ from Lockout. Blackout was codenamed ''Moonlight Sonata''.
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File:H3_Blackout_Overview.jpg|Blackout.
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===Ghost Town===
== Delayed Maps ==
{{Main|Ghost Town}}
A few of the maps originally slated for the Legendary Map Pack, did not make progress as fast as expected. Due to this reason [[Purple Reign]] and [[Moonbase Alpha]] are not going to be released, in this map pack. However, these maps are planned to be finished and released with future map pack(s).
An entirely new map as announced by Bungie, Ghost Town bears a slight resemblance to the ''Halo 2'' map, [[Turf]]. The map also may remind some players of a map of another popular FPS game, Counterstrike, due to its human-themed layout. Ghost Town was codenamed ''O.K. Corral''.
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File:Ghost Town.jpg|Ghost Town.
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==Delayed Maps==
A couple of alternate maps were originally slated for the Legendary Map Pack, though they did not progress as fast as expected.


For this reason the maps [[Assembly]] and [[Orbital]] were not released in this map pack. However, these maps are now complete and were released as part of the [[Mythic Map Pack]].
==Related Articles==
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*[[Heroic Map Pack]]


==Forge Filters==
[[Category:Halo 3]]
{{Main|Forge Filters}}
[[Category:Multiplayer]]
 
[[File:Halo-3-legendary-map-pack--20080408000140905.jpg|thumb|120px|A Forge Filter.]]
'''Forge Filters''' are forge objects that change what the map looks like by using effects. The effects were made to make the custom game and forge experience more entertaining according to Bungie.
 
There are six different Forge Filters to choose from, each one changing the map's look in some way. They are "colorblind"; "gloomy"; "juicy"; "nova"; "old timey" and "pen & ink". [[Cold Storage]] also has Forge Filters.
 
==Achievements==
The Legendary Map Pack achievements were not released with the map pack, but instead included in the later [[Halo 3 Title Updates|Title Update 2]] on September 23, 2008 alongside three [[Vidmaster Challenge]]s.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=15545|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo 3 Title Update}}
*[[Road Rage]] - 25G - On a Legendary map, get 5 Warthog chaingun kills during any ranked or social match.
*[[Flag Dropped]] - 25G - On a Legendary map, get 2 Flag Carrier kills during any ranked or social match.
*[[Alas, Poor Yorick]] - 25G - On a Legendary map, get 3 Oddball Melee kills during any ranked or social match.
*[[Double Double]] - 25G - On a Legendary map, get two Double Kills during any ranked or social match.
*[[Look Both Ways]] - 50G - On a Legendary map, get a Splatter Spree during any ranked or social match.
*[[Defend This]] - 50G - On a Legendary map, get a Flag Melee kill during any ranked or social match.
*[[Came... From... Behind]] - 50G - On a Legendary map, get 3 Assassinations during any ranked or social match.
 
==Media==
===Trailer===
{{Main|Darkness}}
The trailer was called "[[Darkness]]", after the poem of the same name written by Lord Byron. The spoken lines are the beginning portion of this poem concluding with a line from the middle. It was also voiced by [[David Scully]] (who voices [[Avery Johnson]] and most of the [[Sangheili]]). The trailer was released on April 3 & can be downloaded from Bungie [http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13469 here].
 
===ViDoc===
{{Main|Halo 3 ViDoc: Mapmaker, Mapmaker Make Me a Map}}
 
A Video Documentary called "Mapmaker, Mapmaker Make Me a Map" by several DLC designers, contributors and leads was posted on Bungie.net on April 9.
 
It features three different Bungie employees for each map that worked on the particular map and is done in a machinima style. It goes in depth about the canon behind the maps, their overall design and structure, as well as some of the Forge items available. The [[Forge Filters]] were shown in action for the first time. You can download it [http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13509 here] or watch it [http://www.vimeo.com/880628 here]
 
==Trivia==
The Legendary Map Pack was advertised on in-game billboards along the highway in the game ''[[Wikipedia:Crackdown|Crackdown]]''.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H3_Avalanche_MapLayout.jpg|Avalanche.
File:H3_Blackout_Layout.jpg|Blackout.
File:H3_GhostTown_Layout.jpg|Ghost Town.
</gallery>
 
==Sources==
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[[Category:Multiplayer map packs]]
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[[Category:Halo 3 DLC]]

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