The latest Bungie Weekly Update has Luke Smith mentioning that the AU1 (Auto Update 1) patch for Halo 3 is coming soon. There are no specific details on the patch at the moment, but Luke gives word that the fixes in the patch will range from simple to complex. For instance, the known issue with the Elite Commando Shoulders will be addressed in this upcoming update.

Additionally, Luke assures that files in your file share will not be affected by the Auto Update, which was previously a concern among some players.

Work continues on AU1, which is a fancy way of saying Auto Update 1 or “patch.” There’s a bunch of stuff we’ve been looking at ranging in various levels of complexity and we’ve been taking boxes home and testing changes pretty regularly. These fixes range from complicated to simple (for example: The known issue with the Elite Commando Shoulders). We’ll obviously have more on AU1 as we continue testing and we’ll detail the changes when we can. As of this writing, files in your file share WILL NOT be affected by the Auto Update, that was a possibility we mentioned in the near-immediate in the wake of Halo 3’s release and currently Files and things in the File Share aren’t being affected negatively by the Auto Update. At least for the moment.

Additionally, the Auto Update, like others for other games, will be required to play the game on Live, however if one console has the Update and another one doesn’t, system link play will still be possible between the two boxes.

Bungie Weekly Update: 1/04/08 [Bungie]

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