Thu 22 Jul 2010
This past Bungie Day, the makers of Halo gave us a look at the new version of Blood Gulch. At the end of that video we were teased about the level being much bigger than the original map, but it was impossible to get a solid understanding of just how big that area is. I recently got a chance to explore the space, dubbed Forge World.
It’s huge. Bigger than huge even. Forge World is incredibly big.
The new iteration of Blood Gulch is called Hemorrhage. It’s a marriage of the classic Blood Gulch layout with a bit of Coagulation inspiration tossed in for good measure. And it takes up just a small fraction of Forge World.
Outside of Hemorrhage’s walls you can find a beach area leading to an ocean where an island juts out. Further out to sea is a huge rock spire jutting up into the sky. Just a short hop away from this outcropping is a cliff wall that has a handy cave carved out that is just about perfect for Griffball. A massive cliff with little flat areas runs all along this ocean shore. Forge World is essentially pieced together from five different areas, dubbed Canyon, Island, “The Rock,” Quarry, and Coliseum.
All of Forge World can be used at once. All of it can be made into one massive stage should you want such a huge multiplayer battle. Nothing is stopping you from creating a Forge level that dwarfs everything that has come before Halo: Reach.

