Second Halo 3 Matchmaking Update Now Live

Xbox 360 Fanboy has revealed that Bungie’s second Halo 3 matchmaking update is live:

In brief, the matchmaking update removed Social Doubles, added Rocket Race, added new maps to both Team Slayer and Rumble Pit, Lone Wolves increased to six players and got Swords, and Multi-Team received some newness too.

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:

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

Lone Wolves:

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

Team Slayer:

1. Guardian has been added to the playlist
2. Valhalla has been added to Team Slayer

Social Skirmish

1. Flag gametypes will now appear more regularly

Rumble Pit

1. Added both Construct and Isolation to several gametypes

(Original Bungie post.)