343 industries has heard Halo fans and brought the Infection playlist into The Master Chief Collection. Although there were some concern about the Action Sack playlist being substituted with the new Infection playlist, gamers may rest because it will continue to be part of the Halo lineup. It’s the second most played playlist in the game right after Big Team Battle.
However, to make room for the new Infection playlist, the Halo Championship Series playlist, featuring tournament game types, will be retired. As quoted in the update, “This playlist was the official training ground for HCS play during Seasons 1 and 2, and it served its purpose well. Many epic skirmishes have taken place within this playlist, and these battles will not be soon forgotten.”
The Halo: MCC Infection playlist features a total of 35 maps, which are distributed in the following way:
-> Halo 2: Anniversary – 5 maps
-> Lockdown
-> Zenith
-> Warlord
-> Shrine
-> Stonetown
-> Halo 3 – 20 maps
-> Guardian
-> Isolation
-> Narrows
-> Snowbound
-> The Pit
-> Blackout
-> Cold Storage
-> Assembly
-> Orbital
-> Sandbox
-> Avalanche
-> Epitah
-> Foundry
-> Ghost Town
-> High Ground
-> Last Resort
-> Longshore
-> Rat’s Nest
-> Standoff
-> Valhalla
-> Halo 4 – 10 maps
-> Solace
-> Adrift
-> Complex
-> Haven
-> Erosion
-> Ravine
-> Abandon
-> Landfall
-> Forge Island
-> Impact
The game modes that gamers can find in the Infection playlist are:
-> Halo 2: Anniversary – Infection, Cadre
-> Halo 3 – Braaaains, Creeping Death, Save One Bullet, Hide and Seek, Speed Demons
-> Halo 4 – Flood, Hivemind, Last Stand
João is a games journalist, Senior Editor at XDA Developers. They contributed 156 articles to ICXM between 2015–2017, focused on game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: previously reported for Neowin before joining XDA Developers in 2021, where he leads coverage of Windows, Microsoft, and hardware.