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Okay everyone, don't worry about work tomorrow: it's Bungie Day! Well, okay, you should probably go into work, but not without your Master Chief helmet.

July 7 is known to Bungie fans/Halo players as "Bungie Day", and it's a day of gaming celebration. This year the developer will be offering gifts for their famed Halo 3: a new multiplayer map ("Cold Storage"), seven new gamer pics, and a price drop for the Legendary Map Pack (down to 600 MS points). An added bonus is a Bungie Day Xbox 360 dashboard theme. Note that all of this applies July 7 only (so git on down to the Xbox Live Marketplace!!!!).

Cold Storage is inspired by the "Chill Out" level in the original Halo, so gamers who've been with the series from the start should be pleased. Here's some background on the area:

The Cold Storage facility was once a vibrant, active research center on Installation 05. An accidental contamination resulted in an unforeseen outbreak, which compromised the Forerunner center. Now, emptied and silent, watched only by a local caretaker, the abandoned structure serves as a reminder of how something as powerful as science is ultimately beholden to nature.

And if you're wondering why July 7 (7/7), it's hard to say. All that's known really is Bungie have had a real fixation with the number in the Marathon trilogy games, and Halo (i.e seven Halo rings, Master Chief being Spartan 117, etc). If you care to hazard some guesses as to what the significance of the number is in reference to these games, Wikipedia is probably a good place to start.