The Xbox Live playlists each Halo game supports is always a critical thing to Halo fans. The playlists go a long way towards influencing how players spend their time in the ranked environment. Popular gametypes can bubble up as their own playlists (Shotty Snipers! Team Snipers! Grifball!), and bad ones can go away and be replaced by something more interesting. It’s especially critical with The Master Chief Collection, as the developers at 343 Industries have to juggle what the community wants across not one but four Halo games. You can’t have too many playlists without spreading players too thin, but you also need enough to satisfy everyone’s individual game and gametype preferences. Without further delay, here are 343’s launch-day playlists for Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Team Halo 2: Anniversary

Halo 2: Anniversary Rumble

Team Halo 2: Anniversary Social

Team Slayer

Big Team Battle

Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo 2 Classic

Halo 3

Halo 4

Team Hardcore

Halo eSports

SWAT (Rotational)

Play a mix of Team Slayer and objective game types on re-mastered maps. 4v4.Challenge seven other opponents on re-mastered maps. This is your fight and yours alone. 8-player Free-For-All.Play with a team in unranked Team Slayer and objective game types on re-mastered maps. 5v5.Eliminate the enemy team across four Halo games: Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 2: Anniversary. Nothing but Team Slayer, 24/7. 4v4.Battle it out in 16-player warfare with vehicles across Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo 2: Anniversary. 8v8.The game that started it all. Play a mix of Slayer and objective game types in Halo: Combat Evolved for the first time on Xbox Live. 4v4.It’s back. A mix of the most popular Team Slayer and objective game types from the original Halo 2. 4v4.A selection of fan-favorite Team Slayer and objective game types from Halo 3. 4v4.A mix of Team Slayer and objective game types from Halo 4, on a selection of small to medium-sized maps. 5v5.A collection of tournament-approved game types from Halo 2 and Halo 3. The Battle Rifle is your primary weapon. 4v4.The official Halo eSports playlist. 4v4.Aim for the head! A collection of SWAT game types on our favorite maps from Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo 2: Anniversary. Players have no shields and are equipped with rifles. 4v4.Personally, my only real disappointment is that there’s only one Big Team Battle playlist, and it’s not game-specific. I would’ve loved to have a Halo: CE and/or Halo 2-specific BTB hopper so that I could just shoot big-team matches on Blood Gulch, Sidewinder, Waterworks, Headlong, Containment, etc. into my veins 24/7. But these seem pretty sweet overall! It is worth noting that 343 told us that "a lot of fan favorite playlists will be appearing in the rotation as featured playlists, so those of you who love Multi-Team, Team Snipers, Team Doubles and others need not worry even though you don’t see them listed here."What do you think of the Day One playlists?As a reminder, check out this page all month long for your one-stop Halo: The Master Chief Collection shop. It’s home to all of our exclusive coverage.

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