New Halo 3 Matchmaking Playlists are Live

[Wondermonkey]

The Halo 3 matchmaking changes we outlined in last week's Weekly Update are live. In case you missed the Update or just plain forgot, here's a refresher:

Social Doubles has been removed from matchmaking

Rocket Race Hopper has been added to the Social hopper – 8 players, join in parties of up to 8 players.

Multi-team:

• Hammerzeit game variant has been added
• The frequency of VIP gametypes has been reduced
• Swords gametypes will now be to 25 kills, rather than 50

Lone Wolves:

• Player count has been increased to 6 players
• Swords gametype has been added
• Oddball games on Snowbound and Epitaph have been reduced considerably

Team Slayer:

• Guardian has been added to the playlist
• Valhalla has been added to Team Slayer

Social Skirmish:

• Flag gametypes will now appear more regularly

Rumble Pit

• Added both Construct and Isolation to several gametypes

Now, go play.

Word.