It’s also the subject of this week’s Robot Sounds, so if you’d like to absorb more or less the material you can read here in convenient audio form, go check it out.ĭ – I consider Lockout the best of the Halo 2 maps – it’s not my personal favourite, but it’s almost a perfect map from a more objective standpoint: it’s well balanced, small but not cramped, allows for different play styles and gametypes, and it’s got depth to it, mostly in the form of different jumps you can learn.īeside the obvious visual overhaul, the main areas and paths of Lockout are largely unchanged in Blackout. Here’s what we each thought about the new maps, Avalanche, Ghost Town and Blackout.

Halo 3’s Legendary Map Pack dropped yesterday, and the Robot Crew gave them a test run. Ap| Tested: Halo 3's Legendary Map Pack.If it goes through, seeing as EA is likely to kill 2K Sports, it’s hard to view it as a positive thing. We discussed the takeover on a recent Robot Sounds, but from the angle of what it means for gamers. We’ll know more tomorrow anyway, as shit is bound to go down at Take Two’s shareholder’s meeting. Deep in the comments, though, a Take Two employee points out that Zelnick’s specialty is preparing companies for sale, and so the board may simply think that the company will be worth more once their restructuring is complete in a couple years. The article is based on interviews with analysts who generally think Take Two should sell, since the $26 per share EA is offering is generous, and points out that Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick has a lot of stock in his company that he wouldn’t get if the EA buyout went through, so perhaps his interests and his company’s aren’t entirely aligned. Leigh Alexander of Sexy Videogameland is writing for Kotaku now and has an excellent article about what’s really happening with EA’s hostile takeover bid of Take Two, publisher of Grand Theft Auto IV, Bioshock and the 2K Sports series.

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