Bungie's "big news" for Monday was, as many predicted, the official announcement of the first installment of downloadable content for Halo 3. In this case, three new maps: Standoff, looking quite similar to parts of Tsavo Highway or The Storm, Rat's Nest, based on Crow's Nest from the campaign, and Foundry, based on the warehouse interior from The Storm and Floodgate and designed to be a Forge-friendly map with a highly configurable interior space.

Oh, and the date? Just under a month-- December 11, 2007.