Halo: The Master Chief Collection gets a playlist update ahead of next week’s content update

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has received a host of server-side updates relating to matchmaking player counts and the return of SWAT as the featured playlist.

SWAT features a range of game types from Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 2 Classic, and Halo 4, and 343 is working to Halo 3 in the game type rotation for a future update.

Future content updates will also see other playlists brought back into rotation, including Halo: CE, Halo 4, Team Hardcore, and future featured playlists, such as Team Doubles, Team Snipers, and more.

Other server-side changes include:

• Updated the player count to 4v4 (6 minimum, 8 maximum) for the following playlists:- Team Slayer- Halo 2 Classic- Halo 3- Halo Championship Series- SWAT
• Updated voting options across multiple playlists to improve the balance of appearance of BR-start and objective game types.
• Updated the “max party size” for Big Team Battle from 4-6, and the team is working on resolving issues that are affecting parties with 8 players. Once resolved, the max party size will return to 8.
• In a future update, the ranked Halo 2: Anniversary playlist will be moved to 4v4. For now, as the playlist contains a variety of mid-size maps, we’ll be temporarily allowing both 4v4 and 5v5 matches, but have optimized the voting options for this player range. For example, you’ll see less 5v5 Team Slayer BRs on Warlord and more voting options that are catered to the current player counts of 4v4 and 5v5 (8 minimum, 10 maximum). Additionally, you’ll now be able to search as a party of 5. These changes are temporary until we turn ranking online for additional playlists.

343 also confirmed that the game’s next content update is scheduled for early next week, details of which will be provided soon.

Source: Halo Waypoint