Halo: The Master Chief Collection developers and execs pick their favorite Halo maps of all time

Longtime fans of Halo all have one: a favorite multiplayer map filled with bullet-ridden memories. Perhaps it’s Zanzibar and the countless raids on the base just past the giant wheel. Or it’s Blood Gulch and running flags the length of the field to score. Or it’s Sandtrap and its massive Elephant transports whose bellowing horns just annoy the hell out of your enemies.

The sci-fi first-person-shooter series has long been epic (if not sometimes downright confusing) on the story and thrill-filled on the multiplayer action. The four primary games (Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, 3, and 4) have helped to sell millions of Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles, but the new-generation Xbox One has to wait until 2015 for part 5.