When it was announced that six Halo 2 maps would be getting a full-blown Xbox One remake as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection , was there any doubt that one of them would be Zanzibar, one of the most famous Halo maps ever?

In the video above, original Halo 2 lead multiplayer designer Max Hoberman (who's also the current-day president of Certain Affinity, the studio that's handling the multiplayer portion of Master Chief Collection) gives us a walking tour of the new Zanzibar, called "Stonetown" in this iteration. See what's changed and how Hoberman feels about the map today. Plus, learn all sorts of behind-the-scenes secrets and then check out the other video below, where you can see Team IGN (Alfredo Diaz, Sean Finnegan, Brian Albert, and me) win a thrilling one-flag CTF match against Team 343.Also be sure to stop by our ever-expanding IGN First hub page for this ongoing month of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, the one-stop shop for everything we're doing.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews and Xbox Guru-in-Chief. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan , on IGN , catch him on Podcast Unlocked , and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.