Halo: MCC patch tweaks matchmaking (again), out now

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The latest patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection is live now and focuses on matchmaking, UI, stability and other features, outlined by 343 Industries in summary form after the break.

For matchmaking specifically, the patch promises to improve search success rates, reduce instances of the "Awaiting Privileges" error, more correctly determine player counts in each playlist, fix an issue where players appeared to be searching in the incorrect "find game" screen, and add a countdown sound effect to the voting timer. The update should improve the network performance of Halo 2: Anniversary, lower the music volume in multiplayer menus and fix stability issues across multiple games in both campaign and multiplayer.

The Master Chief Collection has suffered from matchmaking issues since launch, prompting 343 Industries to dole out compensation in the form of a free month of Xbox Live for early adopters, plus a free 1080p, 60fps Halo 3: ODST campaign due in the spring, and a fresh nameplate and avatar.

Posted: Jan 19, 2015 8:12 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2015/01/19/halo-mcc-patch-tweaks-matchmaking-again-up-now/

Comments

JRMHPosted: Tue. Jan 20, 2015

I had high hopes for this too. I haven't gotten a chance to buy it yet but I was hoping something similar comes out for call of duty as well...

AW killed the series obviously

farcry3321Posted: Tue. Jan 20, 2015

Game still broken it needs to be fixed more plus their needs to be more rank matches in order to make this game fun

Original_LayPosted: Tue. Jan 20, 2015

I didn't even get my 1 month free Xbox Live. And I had the game 2 weeks after it launch.

NextGenUpdatePosted: Tue. Jan 20, 2015

hopefully this makes game-play smoother

DerangedPosted: Tue. Jan 20, 2015

Sole_Tatted They have released already 18GB worth of updates.. Come on man.

15gbs of that arent "updates" its part of the games content

LoPosted: Tue. Jan 20, 2015

They have released already 18GB worth of updates.. Come on man.

TheUnholy1994Posted: Mon. Jan 19, 2015

Its rendered the game unplayable for me. game wont start. Tried 4 times. i get that pesky "For some reason Halo:MCC has taken too long to start" .....

DeluxeHazardPosted: Mon. Jan 19, 2015

This patch should definitely make the gameplay much cleaner.

OGTUCKER117Posted: Mon. Jan 19, 2015

been working better today hopefully this patch will fix it some more. guess well find out tmrw when xbox live is fully working again(online affected in all games atm not just mcc)

MissPosted: Mon. Jan 19, 2015

Hopefully they actually did something this time. Will have to see for myself later.

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