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KILLHOUSE

What Ash thought:
This is a surprisingly open level for a kill house. Set in a warehouse there are low walls and obstacles littering the ground with a few sparsely placed structures such as a two-room wooden house mock up and a small single-window building with a ladder up to its roof. There is a central sniper tower but this would seem as suicidal to attempt to climb into as spinning around in circles whilst looking at the floor throwing grenades. This will become a very prominent map with players that have the 3x grenade perk as there is a lack of overhead cover to protect from "random" grenades. Once again spawn points do overlap on large games of free for all leading to very quick deaths, but if you are wanting very fast, hectic frag fests (much like shipment) then this is definitely the map you will spend a lot of time on.

Matt's Opinion:
A lot of people liked this map at the event and it was the chosen one for the 'challenge the developer' stunt, however, I didn't like it. Basically the map is an indoor spec ops training area with lots of cut-out bad guys and low cover opportunities. There's also a tower in the middle which, as Ash said, seems suicidal to go for and no one actually bothered, and a CQB mock up room running down one side of the level. Now it must be said that whilst it is a close quarters map the shotgun is relatively useless due to the sheer openness of the level. The choice weapons of the day were random throwing of grenades and P90s. The map also doesn't work with more than 6 players as any more and you seem to spawn right into each other's laps in all vs. all deathmatches and into your squad mates' line of fire in team games. All in all Killhouse was by far my least favourite map and is ideally suited to CQB ninjas that like a really small, really intense map. Oh and even though the map has a friggin roof on it, air strikes and helos still work!

After originally being due for release on Xbox 360 this Friday, April 4, the current release date seems a little unclear, with early April being the firmest date we've been able to get. When they do eventually go on sale on Xbox LIVE Marketplace they'll set you back 800 MS Points. The maps will be released at a later date for PlayStation 3.

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