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'''Defiant Map Pack''' is the second [[map pack]] to be released for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/featured/video/reach-defiant-map-pack-trailer/a8dda638-db4e-4fa0-8ddd-9ff764d7f5ab '''Halo Official Site''': ''Reach - Defiant Map Pack Trailer'']</ref> It is the first ''Halo: Reach'' map pack to feature maps created by [[Certain Affinity]] instead of [[Bungie]] and the first map pack to feature [[Firefight]] DLC. It is set to be released in [[2011|March 2011]] for 800 Microsoft Points.<ref>[http://majornelson.com/archive/2011/02/14/announcing-the-halo-reach-defiant-map-pack.aspx '''Major Nelson''': ''Announcing the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack'']</ref> | '''Defiant Map Pack''' is the second [[map pack]] to be released for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/featured/video/reach-defiant-map-pack-trailer/a8dda638-db4e-4fa0-8ddd-9ff764d7f5ab '''Halo Official Site''': ''Reach - Defiant Map Pack Trailer'']</ref> It is the first ''Halo: Reach'' map pack to feature maps created by [[Certain Affinity]] instead of [[Bungie]] and the first map pack to feature [[Firefight]] DLC. It is set to be released in [[2011|March 2011]] for 800 Microsoft Points.<ref>[http://majornelson.com/archive/2011/02/14/announcing-the-halo-reach-defiant-map-pack.aspx '''Major Nelson''': ''Announcing the Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack'']</ref><ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=30646 '''Bungie.net''': ''Defiant Map Pack'']</ref> | ||
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Unearthed is a large Firefight map set in a [[BXR Mining]] [[titanium]] mine on Reach. | Unearthed is a large Firefight map set in a [[BXR Mining]] [[titanium]] mine in the [[Viery Territory]] on Reach. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This marks the first time locations from the novel [[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] have been realized as playable spaces in a game | *This marks the first time locations from the novel ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' have been realized as playable spaces in a game. Both the Station Gamma and the Training Preserve are key locations mentioned in the book. | ||
*The song featured in the trailer for the map pack is titled ''[[Sacred Icon Suite 2]]'', originally featured on the ''[[Halo Legends]]'' [[Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack|Original Soundtrack]]. | |||
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Revision as of 08:59, February 15, 2011
Template:New Content Defiant Map Pack is the second map pack to be released for Halo: Reach.[1] It is the first Halo: Reach map pack to feature maps created by Certain Affinity instead of Bungie and the first map pack to feature Firefight DLC. It is set to be released in March 2011 for 800 Microsoft Points.[2][3]
Maps
Condemned
- Main article: Condemned
Condemned is a competitive multiplayer map, set in an indoors environment aboard a section of Reach Station Gamma moments before its destruction.
Highlands
- Main article: Highlands
Highlands is a large competitive map set in a SPARTAN-II training facility in the Military Wilderness Training Preserve within Reach's Highland Mountains.
Unearthed
- Main article: Unearthed
Unearthed is a large Firefight map set in a BXR Mining titanium mine in the Viery Territory on Reach.
Trivia
- This marks the first time locations from the novel Halo: The Fall of Reach have been realized as playable spaces in a game. Both the Station Gamma and the Training Preserve are key locations mentioned in the book.
- The song featured in the trailer for the map pack is titled Sacred Icon Suite 2, originally featured on the Halo Legends Original Soundtrack.
