Along with an entirely remastered Halo: ODST campaign, Halo 2 Anniversary’s new Relic map remake is arriving in Halo: The Master Chief Collection‘s big content update later this month.

In a recent blog update, 343 Industries Community Manager Andy “Bravo” Dudynsky revealed that Relic, an original Halo 2 map, will be introduced in Halo 2 Anniversary as ‘Remnant’, so get used to addressing it by its new name.


According to Bravo, the studio also has something secret to talk more about later this year. He didn’t specify whether it was related to Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, or something else entirely, but perhaps we’ll here something at this year’s E3.

He went on to update fans on Halo: MCC’s most recent playlist changes.

Last week, the Halo 2 Anniversary playlist was updated to 4v4 while Rumble Pit was adjusted to 6-8 players. Upping Big Team Battles to 8v8 remains “a top priority” for 343, says Bravo, while the studio ensures 16-player matches are functioning correctly.

This week, Team Objective was introduced as the new Featured Playlist, containing modes from Halo: CE, Halo 2, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 4. SWAT is now a permanent playlist and Halo: CE voting has been adjusted to increase the variety of of Slayer game types.

New maps have been added to a handful of playlists and the frequency of Team Slayer BR on Warlord showing up in the Halo 2 Anniversary playlist has been reduced. Here’s what maps were added and where:

Burial Mounds -> Halo 2 Classic (and Team Objective)
Exile and Harvest CTF -> Halo 4 playlist,
Longest -> Team Slayer

The Halo Championship Series playlist has also been updated to the latest tournament settings and Halo 3 map variants like Pit Stop, Sand Tarp, Epilogue, Boundless, and more will now appear in regular matchmaking. Lastly, Bravo also noted that 343 is aware of a bug that incorrectly added motion tracker to Halo: CE and is currently working on a fix.

Moving onward, a new playlist update in May aims to make improvements to Halo: MCC’s ranking system. Though an exact date is TBA, 343 also plans to add ranks to Halo: CE, Halo 2 Classic, Halo 3, Halo 4, and Team Hardcore playlists shortly after. Also on the way, in addition to 8v8 BTB, is the return of Team Doubles as a permanent playlist and Halo 3 Hardcore game types.

From there, 343 will mix up ranked and unranked playlists in order to best accommodate Halo: MCC’s player base. “For example, if a certain playlist begins to have a larger player base than others, we’ll start to think about making changes and ensuring that an appropriate amount of content – both ranked and unranked – is available for the audience,” Bravo wrote. “Similarly, if we find that future featured playlists perform particularly well, we’ll work on how to best integrate these game types and/or similar experiences into the lineup.”

Posted: May 13, 2015 10:29 pm
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