The Maptacular Map Pack Videos
In the spring of 2005, Bungie and the Xbox.com team commissioned a set of high-quality promo videos of the upcoming Maptacular Maps. Film Oasis, the outfit that put together the Making of Halo 2 documentary (which shipped with the Limited Edition version of Halo) and the Killtacular video (which will ship with the Maptacular Map Pack itself), got the nod - and they turned out a series of gorgeous pieces.
The videos combine flythroughs of the maps themselves (something nobody outside Bungie has the capability of doing) with beautifully timed gameplay footage set to Marty O'Donnell's fantastic Halo 2 music. These videos have been released, piece by piece, by major gaming sites - but the focus has been on WMP9 versions. On top of that, the sites releasing the vids have been given permission to watermark the videos, or to place splash screens before them - you're forced to look at someone's logo in order to enjoy them.
With the help of Film Oasis, and the Xbox.com marketing arm, we're able to bring you these vids in high-res, watermark-free format - enjoy them for what they are, a celebration of the superb mapmaking skills of the Bungie team! (We're going to release these a little at a time, in order to keep our bandwidth from being decimated - and we're providing WMP9 versions alongside the QuickTimes, because just as QT favorers don't enjoy being passed over, neither do WMP9 users!)
June 30, 2005: Backwash - 1:02 QuickTime format (12.5 mb) | WMP9 format (12.2 mb)
June 30, 2005: Gemini - 1:01 QuickTime format (12.3 mb) | WMP9 format (12.4 mb)
June 30, 2005: Terminal - 1:08 QuickTime format (14 mb) | WMP9 format (13.7 mb)
June 29, 2005: Turf - 0:48 QuickTime format (13.7 mb) | WMP9 format (14.0 mb)
June 29, 2005: Sanctuary - 0:48 QuickTime format (9.7 mb) | WMP9 format (9.7 mb)
June 29, 2005: Warlock - 1:07 QuickTime format (13.3 mb) | WMP9 format (13.3 mb)
June 29, 2005: Containment - 1:07 QuickTime format (13.6 mb) | WMP9 format (13.4 mb)
June 28, 2005: Elongation - 1:00 QuickTime format (12.2 mb) | WMP9 format (12.1 mb)
June 28, 2005: Relic - 1:09 QuickTime format (14.5 mb) | WMP9 format (13.9 mb)
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