ungie is giving gamers something to wet their appetites in preparation for the upcoming Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack release. Starting today, the Halo Heroic maps are available for free via XBL download.

“The Free Heroic Maps will be required in Ranked Big Team, Social Big Team, Team Slayer and Rocket Race playlists. We’re requiring these
 maps in the following playlists to give players more options with the map rotations and by including a high population playlist like Team Slayer, we hope that the maps will permeate through the Community, resulting in more games played on these maps in Matchmaking,” clarifies Bungie. 

Halo fans can also look forward to the unveiling of the third map in the Legendary pack – Moolight Sonata – on Tuesday April 1.