RicaneliteHalo 2 Maps are ready to be downloaded
As most of the world patiently taps their feet for the Halo 3 multiplayer beta to commence, Bungie has smartly kicked Halo 2 in the ass with the release of two new maps -- Tombstone and Desolation, remakes of Hang 'em High and Derelict from the original Halo -- which just so happened to drop onto Xbox Live today.
The release hasn't been without its own set of problems, however, as getting the maps to work on both Xbox 360 and Xbox has created some issues for the folks at Bungie. For one, a number of people have reported an ability to download the maps for free. The game never comes up with a payment window and the download goes through as though they were supposed to be free. Not so. Expect this fixed soon.
Additionally, are you a PAL user hooked up with VGA? You won't be able to log-in with that cable, then, as the original Xbox dashboard was never intended to display 60hz PAL. The solution: hook up an ol' composite cable from the closet, complete the downloads, hook in VGA again, proceed in rocking the new Halo 2 maps via VGA.
On NeoGAF, someone came up with an apparent workaround for Gold members receiving an error when trying to download the maps:
"Go to the download area within Halo 2 and log in to your Gold account and attempt to download the maps. You will get the Premium Content error, press the A button and then the B button to get the Gamertag list back up and proceed to log in with your spare Silver account. Attempt to download the maps where it should start and then stop with a message saying you will not be charged, then log back into your Gold account and try once again to download the maps and it should work."
These transaction kinks should work themselves out over the next day or so, but hopefully the above should help most get online without too much trouble.
