Halo Wars 2s latest patch has added the ability for Xbox One and Windows 10 gamers to play together, as well as enabled 4K and HDR support ahead of the release of the Xbox One X.
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November 2nd patch notes, cross-play will only be supported in specific game modes like Campaign, Blitz Firefight, Terminus Firefight, Custom Games, and all unranked Playlists.
For the sake of fairness and parity, existing ranked playlists will remain platform specific.Cross-play will be rolled out in phases, and a new playlist called Ranked 3v3 X War will be added that will support cross-play for players to test it out.
With the Xbox One Xs imminent release in just three days, Halo Wars 2 has also been updated to support 4K and HDR. As 343 Industries has already stated, these visual improvements should offer strategic gameplay benefits in addition to just looking more beautiful.
The list of general fixes are as follows:
CORE SYSTEMS Fixed various crashes, soft locks and desyncs
Improved disconnection handling
Fixed medals and progress not being restored from services
Fixed potential cause of lost progression
GAMEPLAY Fixed mobile garrison units not ejecting garrisoned units
Fixed ODST units not capturing Power Nodes and Control Towers
CAMPAIGN Fixed progression blocker in Manifestation caused by recycling a Mega Turret
Fixed temporarily invincible scripted Flood Infectors in Manifestation
FIREFIGHT Fixed friendly fire towards the Nexus and Spires from player turrets and offensive leader powers
Fixed the Find Match tile in the Firefight menu
Fixed an issue where season leaderboards were not loading in the leaderboard data
COSMETIC Fixed placeholder mission briefing video in Manifestation
Fixed Operation: Spearbreaker DLC placeholder achievement images
Fixed missing splash art from the ATN loading screens
Fixed missing Shield Barrier VFX in Firefight
Fixed missing flare VFX for Lotus Mines in Firefight
Fixed missing supplies glow VFX
Fixed flickering Barriers during deployment
Fixed premature Colossus deployment animation in Not On My Watch
Fixed inconsistent camera boundary on mini-map in Gatecrashers
PC ONLY Restored ability to rebind the Cancel command
Fixed default Push to Talk key (\) not functioning until rebound
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