Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s next update coming in April

Let's take a break from all the Halo 5: Guardians hype and shed some light on a game that's already out — Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Same universe, so that works, right?

Either way, 343 Industries — before releasing two videos for Halo 5 — provided us with an update on Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

It seems that most of the game's matchmaking has improved since launch, and 343 promises to deliver additional updates that address "top community items and requests" — the first of which is on track to arrive in April.

"Our next CU, which is on track for delivery in April, will address a variety of issues across the game, including specific improvements to ranking, new quit and betrayal penalties, and more as we prepare to roll out ranks to additional playlists. We’ll provide more about what’s included as we get closer to the release of the CU. As always, full patch notes will be released once the CU becomes available."

Beyond that, 343 continues to work on updating team sizes for select playlists. On Friday, they rolled out an update for the Halo: CE playlist that changed the team size from 2-3 players to strictly 2 players.

"Based on results and feedback, we’ll be looking to update team sizes and player counts across existing and upcoming playlists, including Team Doubles, as we get closer to the next update. Lastly, SWAT and Team Snipers will both make a return into the rotation in the near future, and we’ll continue to evaluate playlist data to determine which playlists become permanent additions."

Admittedly, it has been a while since I last dove into the robust multiplayer offered in The Master Chief Collection. But with 7 months left until the release of Halo 5, it's not a bad way to kill some time. For those of you more intrigued with the story of Master Chief, there's no better bundle to help get you caught up than this.

[Halo Waypoint]