343 Industries informs us today that the upcoming launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection with Live connection prompted players to unload a new update that includes several improvements about matchmaking and multiplayer but also adds the long awaited Spartan Ops Halo 4.

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Here is a list of the changes that were made:

Spartan Ops:

• Added all episodes of Ops Halo Spartan mode 4.

Matchmaking:

• Made an update that ensures the start of the match until you find the balance between the teams.
• In the case of a surrender to running game, players now receive a "defeat".
• Made an update concerning the votes of users who play split-screen.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players to join a new game session.
• Fixed an issue where players exit the room matchmaking after unplugging the controller.

General multiplayer updates:

• A further improvement to the hit recording of the Halo: CE.
• Released an update for the career progress of Halo 2: Anniversary, that from today will guarantee correct results.
• Fixed an issue that caused long waits for players to join a multiplayer room.

General menu updates:

• Made further improvements at the time of updating the lists
• Improved display data saved in "My Files" for Halo 3.

The Halo 2 campaign: Anniversary:

• Fixed an issue where the "Black Skull" mistakenly prevented players to reach the checkpoints .

Playlist: campaigns

• Fixed an issue where the playlist of the campaigns could fail to progress to the next level.
• Made several fixes to the killing of the countryside.
• Fixed an issue that caused the failure to rescue the progress of completing a mission in Halo 3 cooperatives.
• Changes to ensure proper display of the score and the game time playlists of Halo CE and Halo 2.

Statistics and medals:

• Updates made to improve monitoring statistics of the game.
• Fixed a problem that caused the non-award of the Medal "Steaktacular" in Halo 3.
• Fixed an issue that gave the Medal "Supercombine" incorrectly in Halo 4.

Objectives:

• Made an update that ensures the correct lens detaching "Flaming Ninja Anniversary", which now are satisfied the requirements.

Layout controllers:

• Updated the "Boxer" Layout of Halo 2.
• Updated the Layout "Legacy" of Halo 4.

General stability:

• Made several updates to enhance the overall stability of the game.

As a final note, in response to insistent requests about support for dedicated servers in The Master Chief Halo Collection , 343 Industries makes us know that dedicated servers are up and running since launch, and that the software company will continue to work hard to optimize and improve the overall connectivity of the game.