Halo: The Master Chief Collection getting Playlist update next week

With 343 Industries hard at work on Halo 5: Guardians, it's not hard to believe that Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been seeing less updates in the recent months. It looks as though 343 Industries has mustered up the strength to work on an update for the game.

Unless the update is delayed, The Master Chief Collection owners will be seeing a bunch of tweaks hit their game next week. The update will tweak ranking, add new systems for quitting and penalties, improve community items, and bring new playlists (as well as play list tweaks).

So, without further ado – let's look at the changes headed our way:

TEAM DOUBLES

Halo 2 Classic & H2A tend to dominate the playlist, as the leftmost option. Next week's update willchange the voting options to bring more variety, so they’ll end up looking like this:

• Slot 1: Slayer BRs on a mix of Halo 2 Classic, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 4

• Slot 2: Objective on a mix of Halo 2 Classic, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 4

• Slot 3: Slayer BRs on a mix of Halo 2 Classic, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 4

On top of the voting change, 343 Industries has also made the following changes to Team Doubles:

• Removing Team Slayer SMG on Lockdown (H2A)

• Removing Team Slayer SMG on Warlord (H2A)

• Adding Warlock CTF (H2)

TEAM ACTION SACK

• Party size increased from four to eight.

• Adding Team Splasers on The Pit

• Adding Team Splasers on Construct

• Adding Team Rocket Lasers on Isolation

• Adding Team Shotty Snipers on Lockout

• Adding Team Shotty Snipers on Ivory Tower

• Voting system overhaul to include more variety (like with Team Doubles)

TEAM HARDCORE

• Increasing map variety for Halo 3

HALO 4

• Adding Ricochet on Skyline

• Adding Ricochet on Pitfall

• Adding Ricochet on Haven

HALO 2: ANNIVERSARY

• Increased map variety

• Slightly reducing appearance of Stonetown 1-Flag CTF

• Slightly reducing appearance of Stonetown 1-Flag CTF

• Slightly reducing appearance of Remnant 1-Flag CTF

• Slightly reducing appearance of Remnant 1-Flag CTF

INFECTION

• Infection will be remain playable until the next playlist update, and it could return as a permanent playlist if it outperforms future playlists.

• Removing Braiiins on Avalanche

• Removing Braiiins on Standoff

HALO 3

• Increased map variety

• Reducing appearance of Orbital Team Slayer BR

• Reducing appearance of Orbital Team Slayer

• Reducing appearance of Citadel King of the Hill (KotH)

• Slightly reducing appearance of Boundless Team Slayer BR

• Slightly reducing appearance of Boundless Team Slayer

• Slightly reducing appearance of Last Resort Team Slayer BR

• Slightly reducing appearance of Last Resort Team Slayer

• Slightly reducing appearance of Last Resort KotH

• Slightly reducing appearance of Ghost Town KotH

• Slightly reducing appearance of Construct KotH

• Slightly increasing appearance for Heretic Assault

HALO 2 CLASSIC

• Removing SMG-start Team Slayer on Colossus

• Adding Team Slayer BR on Tombstone

• Slightly increasing appearance of Sanctuary Team Slayer BR

• Slightly increasing appearance of Turf 3 Plots

• Slightly reducing appearance of Zanzibar Team Slayer BR

• Slightly reducing appearance of Turf KotH

• Slightly reducing appearance of Turf Team Slayer BR

• Slightly reducing appearance of Elongation Team Slayer BR

TEAM SNIPERS

• Adding Stonetown (H2A)

• Adding Remnant (H2A)

• Adding Bloodline (H2A)

• Adding Isolation (H3)

• Adding Blackout (H3)

• Adding Rat’s Nest (H3)

• Adding Exile (H4)

• Adding Solace (H4)