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Hey Friends,Welcome back for another MCC Development and Flighting update. This week we have some pretty pictures of the Custom Game Browser (CGB), a reminder about MCC Legacy UGC support, and a call to action to register for flighting if you haven’t already.Let’s jump right in!This week my dear friend Wrensi, from the Publishing Team here at 343 Industries was able to share some awesome new mockups of the CGB. I want to remind you that this feature is in development with teams actively working on it and is not functional or in game at this time. We don’t have a definitive date of it coming online just yet but are targeting it to join with several other new features at or beyond Halo 4’s release onto PC later this year.One of our key goals for the CGB, is to allow players to locate games you want to play quickly and easily so you can get into game fast without a headache of too many options and menus. To accomplish this, we are going to keep the tool simple. Below are some mockup screenshots of the menu flow showing what CGB could look like for MCC when it comes online.These screenshots are part of our Design specification for the CGB that have been used by the Publishing Team working with our partner studio, Saber Interactive. These edited photos help illustrate what our goals are for this feature when it comes to life. As simple as the below picture is, making sure you define and display each detail we want is crucial in the development process. We are looking forward to seeing this added into the Multiplayer menu as much as you are!(Mockup screenshot of updated options in the Multiplayer menu)In the flow of the CGB, once players select Custom Game Browser, they will be taken to a new page in the Multiplayer menu: Quickmatch, Browse, Filter, and Create are the different options you will be able to select from.(Mockup screenshot of updated options in the Custom Games menu)Quickmatch is an option that will take you directly into a custom game that is available at the time of activation. The Browse option will open a new sub-menu allowing you to view the current custom games available based on your filter selections and preferences. The Filter screen will allow you to, well, you guessed it, filter which custom games based on various options. When you make changes on your filter, they will be reflected the next time you open the Browse screen. The last option you will have, Create, lets you build a custom game that is hosted in the CGB. We don’t have mockups of this new flow, but will look to share more info on this as development proceeds in the future.Below are two mockups for the Filter and the Browse screens that highlight some options. Please note that these specifics are subject to change for when the CGB becomes available later this year.(Mockup screenshot of options available for filtering for the “Filter” screen)(Mockup screenshot of what players will see on the “Browse” screen)As stated previously, the above images are all subject to change and are mockups at this stage. Once we get everything in game you can be sure that we will share and flight it to you as quickly as we can.We first brought this up over in last month’s MCC Development Update , but we wanted to reiterate it here so players can spread the word to others. We’re approaching the one-year mark of MCC being on PC. Our first update which added PC support included many other changes for all platforms. One of those changes included a new UGC (User Generated Content) File Share cloud storage which wasn’t tied to Xbox. This is also where we migrated your old Xbox 360 UGC to behind the scenes last year!In order to support this new File Share storage, we had to implement a migration plan specific to the Xbox One version of the game. Before the update last year, your “private” and “public” File Share items in MCC were stored in storage specific to the Xbox platform. Our MCC migration plan was to migrate this Xbox One-specific UGC the first time the user signed into the Xbox One version of the game. On sign-in, we would move “private” files to the local Xbox One device, and “public” files would be moved to our new cloud storage.However, this means if you have *only* ever played MCC on PC since that update (December 2019) you have not had your old Xbox One UGC, if any, migrated.As a reminder, although flighting isn’t going on right now, this will be the place where you can try out features like the Custom Game Browser and other features discussed in our monthly blogs. To get into future flights, you still can register right now! Please click the link to register for the Halo Insider program if you want to participate in future flights. Please make sure to only register once as we’ve seen some folks have issues when using multiple accounts and the same email address for contacting you. If you have registered, please make sure you update your profile from time to time. It helps us ensure we are selecting a variety of players with different specifications as well as shows us you are still active and are wanting to participate. Also, playing Halo games helps show us you are still interested in participating in future flights.For future flighting news, make sure to check back soon! As always, thank you for stopping by and we will see y’all online.Cheers,Postums