Can parties get into these matches together?

They absolutely can. So alongside the front end is a reworked lobby system which lets you play with all your friends. Before, we were limited to, what was it, four?

Yeah, I think it was four. But now it's based on the game mode. So basically in any team modes, you can fill up an entire team with your squad in your lobby, essentially. And then for free-for-all, you can take up the entire space of the game. So in the 16-player mode, you can pair up with 16 people and it'll just shove you all into that one game.