Blackout

Blackout is a multiplayer map featured in Halo 3 and is a remake of the classic Halo 2 map, Lockout. It will be featured as one of the three maps in the Legendary Map Pack available on April 15th, 2008.

Rather than a Forerunner facility, like its predecessor, this map takes place in the Northern Arctic or the southern Antarctic. of Earth, on Weather Station z/41. The layout is almost identical to that of Lockout, but features more grenades and now includes equipment. Most of the jumps, even the crazy ones from Halo 2, are there. However a few things are modified or removed. And there is one spot that was altered that makes it less easy to lock down a specific quadrant of the map.

Blackout's code name was Moonlight Sonata during its development due to the level being at midnight. It replaced Purple Reign in the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack. Purple Reign will be in a later map pack.

Bungie almost didn't make the map, because they already had Guardian, which was inspired by and has always been considered a "spiritual successor" to Lockout. The reason they made Blackout was because Lockout was one of the most popular Halo 2 multiplayer maps and was one of the most requested maps for a Halo 3 remake.

Trivia

 * Blackout's codename was "Moonlight Sonata" (A reference to the dark night sky)
 * It is so far the only Halo 3 map to take place during the night.
 * The Aurora Borealis or Aurora Australis is visible in this map.
 * The layout of the map is a direct remake of Lockout from Halo 2. The only other direct remake in Halo 3 is Last Resort.
 * The model for Blackout was rebuilt because the original model of Lockout according to Bungie was a mess to work with.
 * In a recent Bungie Humpday Event it has been confirmed that there is an Energy Sword on the map just like Lockout.