Ascension was one of Halo 2's most popular maps, and for good reason. It had a unique flow that made matches of all types incredibly interesting. For that reason (and no doubt others), it was chosen as one of the six Halo 2 maps to be remade on Xbox One and given the full Anniversary treatment for Halo: The Master Chief Collection (all of the original Halo 2 maps, as they were in 2004, are still in there as well, of course).

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Join us in the video above as original Halo 2 lead multiplayer designer Max Hoberman gives us a tour of the new version, pointing out changes and sharing anecdotes from the Halo 2 development days. Then check out the video just below for raw gameplay of an epic match between Team 343 and Team IGN, in which Team 343 pulls off an epic comeback and narrowly defeats us.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.Oh, and here are our other Anniversary map tour videos with Max in case you missed them:

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