Entwickler 343 Industries hat heute das Overtime-Update für Halo 5: Guardians veröffentlicht, das neben neuen Inhalten u.a. auch Unterstützung für Xbox One X ergänzt. Die kompletten englischen Patchnotes lesen sich so:

• Halo 5 now looks better than ever with 4K UHD support for Xbox One X!
• Play Ball! Oddball and Oddball FFA return as official game modes:
  • New Oddball medals added
  • New announcer voice over audio added
  • New Oddball skull object added (it’s back!)
• Host and play low-latency Halo 5 multiplayer matches with the Halo 5: Guardians Local Server app for Windows 10 PC
• Support your favorite HCS team with new weapon skins for Splyce, Luminosity, and Str8 Rippin. Current release dates: Luminosity 11/7, Str8 Rippin 11/21, Spylce 12/5
• Represent your Halo World Championship home region with new United States, Canada, UK, Mexico, and Australia weapon skins. These skins will be available during the Halo World Championship 2018.
• New Weapon Tuning for 14 items deployed across all game modes
• New Commendations added:
  • Brute Plasma Rifle
  • Sentinel Beam
  • Gravity Hammer
  • Reach Grenade Launcher
  • Wasp Destroyer
  • Wasp Gunner
  • Grunt Mech Slayer
• Assault Changes:
  • Changed default settings for Assault to have ball explosion damage enabled on score
  • Changed default settings for Assault to no longer include double thrust for a ball carrier
• Forge Changes:
  • Added the Relic Sword to the weapon palette
  • Added Forge entries for the new Gunfighter Flagnum
• New Custom Game Options:
  • Oddball support on default Custom game maps coming soon (in the meantime enjoy the new Oddball playlist!)
  • Ball Mode Options:
    • Ball Type: Allows selection between the default UNSC Ball and the newly added Oddball Skull for use as the game ball
    • Ball Explosion Damage: Allows enabling/disabling of explosion damage when the ball is scored in an Assault mode
    • Score Per Kill While Carrying: Allows configuration of points awarded for killing an enemy player while carrying the ball
    • Ball Carrier Traits -> Melee Damage Modifier: Added a value for “Standard Weapon Melee Damage”, which configures ball melee damage to be exactly equivalent to that of a normal weapon melee
  • Respawn Menu Options:
    • Player Follow Camera Enabled During Respawn: Enable or disable the Player Follow Camera screen during respawn
    • Follow Camera Allow Enemy Player Selection: Allows the selection of enemy players in the Player Follow Camera screen during respawn
    • Enable Stacking Team Spawn Influencers: Increases the chance of spawning with teammates
    • Spawning Mode: Choose between default spawn selection and random spawn selection
  • Flag Mode Options:
    • Flagnum Type: Set the type of Magnum (standard or Gunfighter) that will be wielded when holding the flag

IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES

• General stability fixes
• Improved JIP (“Join in Progress”) rules for Social playlists
  • Added thresholds that will prevent JIP in Social playlists depending on the remaining score to victory, score differences between teams in a match, and time remaining in the match. These are tuned on a per-game-mode basis with the goal of reducing negative JIP experiences.
• Fixed a number of exploits for Warzone
  • Fixed ability to get inside bases to contest
  • Fixed ability to get under the world
  • Fixed ability to destroy the core when you should not be able to
  • Fixed an issue where the red team shield door would sometimes not have proper collision
• BTB Assault matches now group properly under their own category in the Service Record
• Fixed an issue where REQ currency would sometimes not recharge properly when joining in progress to Warzone modes
• Fixed an issue where players who JIP’ed into Warzone games were not leveling up
• Fixed an issue where JIP’ing players sometimes caused momentary hitches
• Added a fix for the “black screen” bug (We believe this is addressed, and will be monitoring closely – please let us know if you experience this issue post-patch)
• Fixed a bug in which banned players could continue to play matches
• Fixed a bug where March on Stormbreak and Battle of Noctus home bases did not have player collision
• Fixed a rare crash players could hit if they died while picking up power-ups
• Increased the cooldown time on the Banshee’s flip maneuver