Halo’s Master Chief Collection Needs a Huge Day One Update

<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gamescom-2014-sanctuary-re-visited-halo-master-chief-collection&sol;">rejoining Master Chief and the UNFC this fall&comma;<&sol;a> you might want to start making room on your hard drive or buying an external one&period; 343 Industries is warning players that <em>Halo&colon; The Master Chief Collection<&sol;em> will nearly fill a 45 GB Blu-ray disc in all and will have a sizable update pre-launch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Xbox Wire reports via Dan Ayoub&comma; studio head for Halo external development at 343 Industries&comma; that a 20 GB update for the game&period; He writes&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You’ll be able to start playing Campaign and more as the content is installing&comma; with some features and multiplayer content being added via the update&period; Yes&comma; the update is large&comma; but we weren’t about to cut corners to save disc space&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Though the game&&num;8217&semi;s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;going gold” and headed off for manufacturing&comma; 343 Industries isn’t done tuning the game&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our work is not done&comma; however&comma; as we continue to tune&comma; tweak and optimize the online experience to ensure a smooth multiplayer launch&comma;” Ayoub says&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This will continue right up until launch day&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Halo&colon; The Master Chief Collection<&sol;em> deploys only onto Xbox One this <strong>Nov&period; 11th <&sol;strong>alongside <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed Unity<&sol;em> and <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;assassins-creed-rogue-trailer-attacks-land-sea&sol;">Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed&colon; Rogue<&sol;a>&comma; <&sol;em>with the former offering <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;meet-cast-assassins-creed-unity&sol;">a special Xbox One bundle<&sol;a>&period; Both pre-orders and pre-loading for Master Chief&&num;8217&semi;s glossy relaunch start later today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you have automatic update downloads enabled on your Xbox One&comma; you’ll get the 20 GB update when it’s ready&comma; which will likely prevent a wait when the game is unlocked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;xbox&period;com&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;games-halo-gone-gold-announcement">Xbox Wire<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;