A few months ago, 343 Industries said that Halo: The Master Chief Collection was getting enhanced for Xbox One X. Aside from upgrading the resolution, the team would fix matchmaking and all the other online issues the title still experiences years later.
In an effort to let the community participate in development, the team is about to roll out a preview build to a select few Xbox One owners who signed up on 343 Industries' website. You don't have to own Halo: The Master Chief Collection to participate because the download will be unrelated. However, the developer did stress that invites would go to people who had experience with the game.
Ever since we first announced our intent to update and improve the Master Chief Collection, public flighting has been a critical component of the plan. We've discussed this quite a bit in our previous blogs but in a nut shell, flighting is the process of releasing standalone work-in-progress builds for members of the MCC Insider program to help test in the wild. Think of it like an alpha or beta that's released in ongoing intervals with a specific set of content aimed at testing specific facets... flighting offers us way to get critical data and feedback at a much larger scale thanks to so many passionate players... by the time the flight is released to the public, it's already behind the overall state of the main build internally. This just means that you may experience elements of a flight that don't seem to align with what you've been reading about in terms of overall progress.
Hopefully 343 Industries will fix Halo: The Master Chief Collection this time around. The whole network code has to be redone. Accumulating all of the games featuring Master Chief is easier said than done. However, given the release of the Xbox One X and updated tools, it seems like it's finally possible.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection was quite a big deal when it came in 2014. For the first time ever, The Master Chief's entire story was available on one console. The game features a remastered Halo 2: Anniversary, along with Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 4. You can also purchase an Halo 3: ODST add-on for the title if you like. Many owners who bought the game during the launch period got it for free. If you love Halo, or love first-person shooters in general, this this is the definitive collection to own. Plus, the Xbox One X upgrades aren't bad either.
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