Over the turn of the new year, 343 has closed shop at their Kirkland office and has opened the doors to their new office. We’ve had the privileged of walking into those old doors, where Halo has been developed since Halo 3 and sunsets after the release of Halo 5: Guardians. Their new location boasts some iconic Halo flair including the UNSC eagle pictured above on their front doors, the Corbulo Academy lunch tables in their lounge, conference rooms named after space-faring vessels, and of course their life-size model of Master Chief. You can catch more pictures of the new studio over on the latest community update and we’ll get to see more in future live streams and videos from 343. Just because the team has officially left the building per se, that didn’t prevent them from pushing out a few updates.
This is our final podcast for the year and while we were planning on taking a look back at everything we accomplished this year, we decided to discuss a new controversial feature that got added just before we recorded this show. In addition to discussing the recent Cartographer’s Gift update, we brought up some of the concerns behind the new requisition bundles in the REQ store. We’ll hope to see you all in the new year and online.
Halo: Reach joins the growing list of Xbox One Backwards Compatible and is available for download today! If you have purchased the digital version from the Xbox Live Marketplace, you can head to “My games and apps” on your Xbox One and you’ll find the game under “Ready to install”. For disc-based owners, just pop in your Halo: Reach disc and you’ll be prompted to download the game. You will still have to insert your disc into your Xbox One whenever you want to play. For a full list of games now available for Xbox One Backwards Compatibility this month, head on over to 
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