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Yup. Free, and staying free. Q&A this week with comparison screens.. Ah, the memories...

Q: How was the setting for Cold Storage selected? Chill Out was Covenant, Cold Storage is Forerunner.

MM2: We knew we wanted to explore something new with Cold Storage, and fairly early on the decision was made to go with Forerunner because at the time there weren’t many Forerunner maps being developed.  The concept of a Flood research facility was briefly touched on in Halo 2, and we thought this would be a good opportunity to take a fresh look at the idea.  We knew we wanted to keep it fairly sterile, with almost all of the color in the level coming from the lighting, and we wanted each section of the level to have a distinct feel so that there was never confusion as to where you were at any given time.  There was a lot of back and forth with Dorje, one of our concept artists, and he ended up giving us some fantastic pieces that really defined the final look of the level.

Q: It took a matter of days to finish Chill Out in Combat Evolved, what’s the art pipeline like for doing a Halo 3 DLC map?

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx … ;cid=14640

(Didn't get my Bungie Pro, tho. Grr. Gonna have to call Support). Also

Fiesta Double EXP Weekend Now! 
Posted by Shishka at 7/10/2008 11:00 AM PDT

As the Bungie Day festivities settle down, we're throwing one more party.

Starting right now, Fiesta is available as this weekend's double EXP playlist. People that enjoyed our Cinco De Mayo playlist will feel right at home, as Fiesta uses the same 8 player FFA format and variants on the fiesta theme. For those of you that missed out before, Fiesta is a gametype where you spawn with random weapons every time. Could be a Plasma Pistol, or it could be a Rocket Launcher. Good luck out there!

Fiesta is available from 11:00am PDT Thursday, July 10 until 2am Monday the 14th. All downloadable content (Heroic, Legendary, and Cold Storage) are required to play.

http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid14700