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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