Xbox chief Phil Spencer is bowing his head and apologizing to gamers for the bugs and technical issues that plagued the "Halo: The Master Chief Collection" and promised that the developers in the company are committed in fixing the problems by releasing more patch updates soon.
Spencer oversees all of the gaming endeavors of Microsoft and the software giant recently released the "Halo: The Master Chief Collection." Right after its release three weeks ago, gamers were greeted by issues and have had a rough game experience.
"I apologize for the issues. 343 Industries is 100% committed to fixing and make it right for fans," Spencer posted in Twitter.
343 Industries top boss Bonnie Ross also apologized for the bugs earlier, saying, "We have not delivered the experience you deserve. I personally apologize for this in behalf of us all at 343 Industries. Our team is committed to working around the clock until these issues are resolved."
One of the top issues in the game is related to its matchmaking feature. According to some gamers, it takes quite a long time waiting for a match and there are uneven teams when games are found. There is also roster flickering and problems with stability, as well as issues on emblem display.
Meanwhile, in an attempt to smoothen the game experience of players, 343 Industries rolled out the latest patch update for "Halo: The Master Chief Collection." The update is 523 MB in size and promises a more stable game afterward. Below are the complete details of the patch update:
Matchmaking
- Made improvements to the way the matchmaking system handles player matching;
- Made improvements to the team selection process to improve team balancing;
- Made an update to the party system to improve searching with parties (2+ players);
- Made further improvements to how matchmaking progress is communicated to the player;
- Made an update to ensure that players do not enter a non-joinable state after searching for a match;
- Made an update to ensure that the "Game Session" UI does not persist after leaving a matchmaking lobby;
- Resolved a variety of incorrectly displayed matchmaking prompts;
- Improved matchmaking roster presentation during team creation phase to remove roster flickering;
- Corrected a "connecting to host" message that incorrectly displayed during the matchmaking searching phase;
- Made an update to ensure that FFA players do not appear as if they are on the red team in the pre-game lobby.
Party, Lobby, and Custom Games
- Made an update to ensure that custom game settings persist between matches;
- Made an update to ensure that player's player emblems load correctly when returning to lobby;
- Made an update to improve nameplate and emblem display;
- Improved the display of emblems in the "Games Session Details" screen;
- Made improvements to parties to ensure that parties are merged when the host joins another player and "brings party";
- Made an update to improve party stability after completing a matchmaking game;
- Made an update to ensure that players are joinable after playing a matchmaking game.
Stability
- Made a variety of updates to improve UI stability;
- Resolved stability issues that occurred while viewing medals in "Player Details";
- Made an update to prevent stability issues caused by controller disconnects;
- Made an update to improve post-game-carnage-report stability;
- Made an update to address in-game stability for Halo 2;
- Improved matchmaking stability while searching with parties (2+ players);
- Addressed a crash that could occur after searching in the Halo 2: Anniversary Rumble playlist;
- Resolved a variety of miscellaneous stability issues to improve overall performance.
Achievements
- Made an update to ensure that the "Zealot" achievement is unlockable.
