Upcoming changes announced for Halo: Master Chief Collection

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343 gave details on a new batch of changes that will be coming to Halo: The Master Chief Collection (MCC) on Xbox One. Since its release, MCC ran into a number of issues, including bugs, crashes, and MCC matchmaking was a complete mess. Going into the new year, 343 is looking to update MCC to avoid any additional issues and give the game the special Xbox One X enhancement treatment.

Redditor Hyperixor gives a great summary a great summary of the Halo Waypoint blog post


They will probably be using the Xbox Insider Program to allow public testing of changes to the game, will start off small but will become opt-in, they are aiming for a March 2018 start
The matchmaking API's will be updated meaning more reliable and stable party management as well as matchmaking.

All of the game engines will be updated, meaning all 8 games could feature increased resolution, visual enhancements as well as possible support for Xbox Arena, custom game browser & mixer support, this includes that all games will include retiling game textures, recompiled shaders this will result in a big re-download of the game when the update is released, at the moment MCC is at 61GB so probably expect the update to probably be around the same or possibly larger.

There will also be faster game to game transition time, better UI consistency and will also means that it will be easier for them to get us in to games quicker after the previous session has ended.

The games network code has been overhauled meaning that they can now work around NAT setting issues meaning that you should have less issues of joining other people.

It also seems that dedicated servers will be guaranteed for all match made games meaning less chances of games being peer hosted.

This update will not affect the development of the next Halo FPS game, as it is a completely different project and only a small part of 343i are working on the update, the rest are working on the next Halo FPS title.


MCC launched way back in November 2014 and didn't seem to be very well executed from the start. It is a breath of fresh air to see 343 show more transparency in what they are planning for 2018 and welcome any user feedback you may have to make MCC better via the Halo Community Feedback Program. Post your questions in the MCC forum and 343 will try to answer them as best as they can.

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GhostPosted:

Craig
Ninja Just like black ops 3, the developers care about the people still playing there game. Love it when they care.


In terms of old games Black Ops III is still far from that, so it should be supported for a few more years yet. That's the issue with devs these days, it's all about the future yet the games previously have suffered from rookie mistakes. Bout time they took their time on games.


The thing about black ops 3 is that they regularly uodste new offers but don't fix major issues like constantly having to restart the game.

CraigPosted:

Ninja Just like black ops 3, the developers care about the people still playing there game. Love it when they care.


In terms of old games Black Ops III is still far from that, so it should be supported for a few more years yet. That's the issue with devs these days, it's all about the future yet the games previously have suffered from rookie mistakes. Bout time they took their time on games.

QTPosted:

Devil Just like black ops 3, the developers care about the people still playing there game. Love it when they care.


Those are the best game when Devs keep pushing updates for their games. It always brings the community back and makes everyone happy!

GhostPosted:

Just like black ops 3, the developers care about the people still playing there game. Love it when they care.

QTPosted:

Tom
Craig
KyloCrux Can't believe they're still updating this series.


At least it's a dev who cares about their older games, not just focusing on idea's on how to ruin their next title.


agreed, a game that was launched in 2014, im glad to see the developers still updating it to enhance the game experience.


This is always good to see when devs still care about the game and dont just move on when it gets old. Halo deserves to go on forever!!

TomPosted:

Craig
KyloCrux Can't believe they're still updating this series.


At least it's a dev who cares about their older games, not just focusing on idea's on how to ruin their next title.


agreed, a game that was launched in 2014, im glad to see the developers still updating it to enhance the game experience.

CraigPosted:

KyloCrux Can't believe they're still updating this series.


At least it's a dev who cares about their older games, not just focusing on idea's on how to ruin their next title.

QTPosted:

KyloCrux Can't believe they're still updating this series.


This game is amazing hopefully they make more. Wish they would go back to how other Halos were.

TomPosted:

nothing in game though thats being changed though it seems. just networking and other statuses being changed.

TOXICPosted:

Say what you want but i think its great that they still doing updates etc, Halo is the greatest game ever, is the reason i got xbox in the first place, just to play Halo.


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