Recently, 343 Industries released a new update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection that adds the entire of Halo 4’s Spartan Ops campaign. Back in October, the developer revealed that Spartan Ops wouldn’t be available n the collection until December due to the team making “technical enchancements” to the mode. Now the most recent update adds all 10 episodes from the co-op campaign to the collection. This update also makes further improvements to matchmaking, the UI, campaign playlists, stats, achievements, and more. Here’s the full patch notes below.
Spartan Ops
- Added the entirety of Halo 4’s Spartan Ops mode
Matchmaking
- Made an update to make sure a match only starts when teams are even.
- Players will now receive a ‘loss’ when disconnecting before a round has ended.
- Made an update to include all split screen players in vote tally.
- Resolved an issue that caused players to become stuck “Joining Session.”
- Resolved an issue where players could be dropped from matchmaking after disconnecting their controller.
General Multiplayer Updates
- Made additional improvements to Halo: CE hit registration.
- Made an update to the “Halo 2: Anniversary Career Progress” page to ensure achievements are correctly tracked.
- Fixed an issue where it took a long time to join players that are in a Multiplayer lobby.
General UI/Menu Updates
- Made additional improvements to Roster update times.
- Fixed Halo 3 game type text when viewing saved data in “My Files”.
Halo 2: Anniversary Campaign
- Fixed an issue where the ‘Black Eye Skull’ incorrectly prevented players from reaching checkpoints.
Campaign Playlists
- Fixed an issue where cross-game playlists could fail to progress to the next level.
- Made several fixes to Campaign Playlist Carnage Reports.
- Fixed an issue where Halo 3 Cooperative Playlist progress would not save correctly when completing a mission.
- Made changes to ensure that Competitive Scoring and Timing are tracked correctly in Halo CE and Halo 2 Campaign Playlists.
Stats & Medals
- Made updates to improve stat tracking.
- Fixed an issue where the “Steaktacular” medal would not be correctly awarded in Halo 3.
- Fixed an issue where the “Supercombine” medal would be incorrectly awarded in the Halo 4 Campaign.
Achievements
- Made an update to ensure that the “Flaming Ninja Anniversary” achievement unlocks when prerequisites are met.
Control Layouts
- Updated the Halo 2 “Boxer” Button Layout.
- Updated the Halo 4 “Legacy” Thumbstick Layout.
General Stability
- Made several updates to improve overall game stability.

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