343 Industries Thanks Halo Players With Free Gear

<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re still feeling a little sore about the technical issues still plaguing<em> Halo&colon; The Master Chief Collection<&sol;em> has had since launch&comma; 343 Industries is hoping that a remake of Halo 3&colon; ODST will help rebuild a friendship with the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a recent blog post on Halo Waypoint&comma; 343 Industries boss Bonnie Ross continued to apologize for the problems that gamers have experienced with <em>Halo&colon; The Master Chief Collection<&sol;em> since launch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Last month&comma; I promised the Halo and Xbox community that addressing the matchmaking issues and other bugs impacting players’ experience with <em>Halo&colon; The Master Chief Collection<&sol;em> was our &num;1 priority&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Ross said&period; &&num;8220&semi;We’ve been working around the clock deploying weekly content updates and numerous server-side adjustments that have shown good results and we’re encouraged by the feedback we’re hearing from you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Next week&comma; 343 Industries will release an update that will add 10 episodes of the cooperative experience &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Spartan Ops” for <em>Halo 4<&sol;em>&period; In addition&comma; as a way of saying thank you to fans&comma; the company&&num;8217&semi;s also giving away the following Spartan swag to gamers who have played <em>Halo&colon; The Master Chief Collection<&sol;em> online at any time since launch&comma; including a free month of Xbox Live Gold and an exclusive In-Game Avatar and Nameplate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Most of all&comma; 343 Industries is already hard at work on remaking the <em>Halo 2&colon; Anniversary<&sol;em> multiplayer map Relic and <em>Halo 3&colon; ODST<&sol;em> as free downloadable additions&comma; which will &lpar;hopefully&rpar; release sometime in the near future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This has been a humbling experience and highlighted how we as a studio can – and need – to do better for Xbox fans around the world&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Ross continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;We are so grateful to our fans who have stood by our side and we appreciate all of your patience as we worked through these issues&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite its bugs&comma; we thought that <em>The Master Chief Collection<&sol;em> was the embodiment of everything the franchise strove to achieve over the past decade and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hail-chief-halo-master-chief-collection-review&sol;">&&num;8220&semi;a game that everyone Xbox One owner and every Halo fan needs to own&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tell us&colon; Have you experienced any problems with <em>The Master Chief Collection<&sol;em>&quest; If so&comma; are you happy with any of these bonuses&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;halowaypoint&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;community&sol;blog-posts&sol;halo-the-master-chief-collection-thank-you">Halo Waypoint<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;