343 was proudly proclaiming that they would have free DLC coming for Halo 5 in the form of 15 brand new maps added after launch. Do these 4 Big Team Battle maps count as part of those 15? If so, I am calling HUGE amounts of bullshit. These maps shouldn't count as DLC just because they were made before Forge was officially released. If Forge had already been released, would they still count as DLC? Holding back Forge doesn't make it so that everything made in Forge is now DLC.

I am sincerely hoping that this is not the case, and hopeful someone with more knowledge than I can weigh in and confirm or debunk this. My worry is that the Forge maps that shipped with the game were all considered maps by 343 (Even all the different Breakout varients). So I'm hoping that this isn't some kind of trend with them. Once Forge comes out in December, these "Maps" will get swallowed whole by the maps that the community makes and will become "Just another Forge map". And now they just plowed through 4 or more of the 15 maps that they promised without spending a dime.

Hopefully this is just me being paranoid. But I'd rather it be paranoia than truth.