Halo 5 beta won’t work for you? You may need to reinstall it

Some people are reporting early issues with new Halo 5 beta, and the only fix may take a few hours.

Microsoft and developer 343 Industries’ beta for Halo 5: Guardians started this morning, and plenty of people are putting the new shooter to the test. But some are finding it difficult to get the beta to work (which is expected at this point in the development cycle). Issues include a red triangle that appears next to the “Slayer” playlist that seems to indicate that something is wrong. Other people are encountering a flashing-screen bug where Halo 5 fails to connects to a game server. While bumps like these are typical of a beta test, fans of the Halo franchise are still bummed that they can’t get online. But some people are having luck fixing at least some of the problems by uninstalling and reinstalling the game data for Halo 5 (thanks to Eric Smith for the tip).