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As many people already know, the final sets of downloadable maps for Halo 3 are being released soon. The pack is called the Mythic Map Pack and contains 3 maps called: ‘Sandbox’, ‘Orbital’ and ‘Assembly’. Just the names alone don’t really get you excited, but here’s some quotes from Bungie about the new maps and what to expect.

Sandbox

“Combines large-scale vehicular combat with a limitless amount of Forge customization. Boasting a tiered, open-world layout, Halo 3 players will be able to build their own unique game experiences using the Forge map editor. Sandbox is a map unlike any Bungie has ever created.”

Assembly

“Set in the heart of a Covenant Scarab manufacturing facility. With two identical bases on either side of this medium-sized map, it’s a perfect environment for both Slayer and objective games like Capture the Flag and Assault.”

Orbital

“A small asymmetrical map, set in the docking station of the Quito Space Tether. One-sided games like One Flag, and One Bomb are sure to become quick fan-favourites, but the Slayer faithful will also find plenty of action on this battleground.”

By the sounds of it, these maps should be awesome to play, but, how do you get them? Like with the other maps released, you will be able to purchase them through the Xbox Live Marketplace using the good old Microsoft Points, however, with this map pack, there is another way. If you buy the new Halo Wars Limited Collector’s Edition game, you will get the Mythic Map Pack free with it! Sounds like a very tempting reason to buy the collectors edition if you ask me.

Halo Wars is released on Febuary 27th, don’t miss out!

If you are looking to upgrade your gaming gear, now is the perfect time. Logitech are soon releasing their whole new range of gaming accessories. The new gear includes the G35 Headset, G19 Gaming Keyboard, G9x Mouse and the G13 Gameboard.

I’ll start with the amazing G35 Headset. These new headphones come with a whole range of awesome features including: Dolby 7.1 surround sound, changeable head pads, 3 customisable G keys, mute light on the microphone, adjustable sizes for perfect comfort, aswell as many other features that I won’t go into right now.

The next piece of gear is the G19 Keyboard, a pretty nice upgrade from the G15 Keyboard. This new keyboard has all the features from the G15, except this time they are even better. This new keyboard contains 12 customisable G keys, with 3 different changeable modes. Instead of having a set colour backlight, like the G15, the G19 allows you to set any colour you want to suit your mood or colour taste. Now, onto the screen, this has been pimped up, the whole screen can be tilted for your convenience, also, the actual screen has been improved, instead of being a little pixelated thing, it is now a great looking screen that can play movies and display vista styled clocks, very flashy.

Onto the next piece of gear, the G9x Gaming Mouse. This amazing looking and ergonomically designed mouse is perfect for any gaming style, and it will help you get your perfect headshot. This mouse allows you to fully customise it to match your gaming style, you can change the grips, weights, colours of the lights and even the speed to make your gaming the best.

The final piece is the G13 Gameboard. The G13 Gameboard looks like a pretty funky weapon to have when playing your favorite games. The gameboard comes with 25 programmable keys and like the keyboard, it comes with 3 modes for those keys. Also, just like the keyboard, you are able to change the colour of the backlight to match your tastes.

All these new gaming accessories like amazing, looks like I’ll have to upgrade from the G15 as soon as they are released.

With the upcoming releases of the new Grand Theft Auto 4 downloadable content, released on February 17th, and the upcoming release of the newest game in the Halo series, Halo Wars.

Xbox are releasing some new Xbox 360 accessories just for these upcoming releases. The first one is a special Xbox Live GTA 4 Lost and the Damned 1600 Points card. This has been specially released for the new content and is available for £13.99. The new content includes a new storyline and missions where you play as new character, Johnny, a member of The Lost Motorcycle Club. Aswell as new missions, the game also features new weapons, new vehicles and loads of added stuff.

The second new accessory is a special edition Xbox Live 12 Month Halo Wars Gold Subscription Card + 1 Month Bonus, quite a bit of a mouthful there, but basically you get 13 months of Xbox Live Gold subscription, which is pretty awesome considering it’s the same price of a 12 month subscription.

Both of these new accessories can be bought from all major retailers, Game, HMV, Play.com, Amazon and the ScroobyOnline Shop!

If you just can’t get enough of the New Dairy Milk Advert, which features 2 school kids doing some freaky moves with their eyebrows to music. Well, you can get the backing track to this ad.

The song used is called “Don’t Stop The Rock” by Freestyle. This track is available from Amazon, or if you are an Orange customer, you can download this track onto your mobile phone for free! Awesome!

Hopefully Dairy Milk won’t “remake” this one as they have done with the other ads so far, by remake I mean, change the backing music.

I am a loyal GAME customer. I buy all my games from them, and simply because I get rewards points on my card, getting me money of purchases, plus if you pre-order a game, they tend to get it to you the day for release date, which is always good.

But there is also another reason, and that would be exclusive goodies. Game have an awesome range of exclusive games, whether it’s collectors editions, or extra in-game features.

Here is a list of just some of the awesome exclusive games that you can grab right now at Game:

1. F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin Special Edition
2. Empire: Total War Special Forces Edition with Game Exclusive In-Game Unit
3. Call of Duty: World at War Exclusive Collector’s Edition
4. Halo Wars Limited Collector’s Edition with exclusive in-game Warthog
5. Far Cry 2 Collector’s Edition
6. Fallout 3 Exclusive Collector’s Edition with figurine

These are just a few of the amazing exclusive games that Game have to offer. Aswell as great exclusive stuff, they also have some good offers too. Check out their website at Game.co.uk