Halo: The Masterchief Collection Matchmaking updates now available

Despite having a large day one update, Halo: The Master Chief Collection got up to a rocky start after its multiplayer feature went bust. Many players faced some major issues with this feature, reporting that it caused long wait timings with the game not being able to find other matches. Since the games release this week, 343 Industries has been working on some fixes for the problem and has just recently released the first big update in the hopes of solving it.

There was a delay in releasing the update due to network problems on Xbox live. But now that it’s finally out, some players are already reporting improvement. The update seemed to have fixed the issue for many players, but there are still quite a number of players reporting that the issue still persist and that they are facing inconsistent wait timings. 343 Industries has acknowledged this in their post:

“We have identified that our 11.12 morning server-side update has improved matchmaking times for many users, while others are still seeing longer than expected times.”

If you are one of those unlucky players then restarting the Xbox one could help to temporarily fix the issue till the devs patch it out. 343 has promised that there will be more updates later today, but they have also pointed out that the update may cause some problems of its own:

“This evening we plan to deploy additional server updates that will improve searching times and increase the likelihood of players finding games. The update will allow more players to enter matches, which may result in larger team sizes (5v5 instead of 4v4, for example). Occasionally, this may result in uneven teams, and we continue to work on this issue. ” These new problems have been verified by other players, who report some matches that were supposed to be eight players actually featuring 5v4 or other combinations.”

The Xbox live issues are not making it any easier for 343 Industries to roll these updates out in peace. Here is their comment on the issue:

“Currently, there is an existing Xbox Live Services issue that is impacting several Xbox games, including Halo: The Master Chief Collection. As soon as Xbox Live services return to normal, we will deploy our latest server-side update to further improve matchmaking. For up-to-the-minute updates on Xbox Live Service Status, please check the support page here.”