This week, Achievement Hunter did a retrospective – Fails of the Weak covers death-inducing mistakes from Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Reach, and Halo 4. Nice! You can watch it on AH.com or YouTube.(Louis Wu 18:36:57 UTC)

If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, then you would have heard about the upcoming Steve Downes interview. If you have been living under a rock, why are you under that rock? Come out already, unless you’re snowed in, in which case, carry on. In an interview GameZone.com did with Steve Downes, they mention that our beloved Chief confirmed the release of Halo 2 Anniversary this year with Halo 5 being pushed back for the next (out now). There is still no official work from Microsoft or 343 Industries on the matter, however. Team heavies has been a lovely addition to the matchmaking experience for the last two weeks, but it’s time to say adieu and welcome Big Rumble detailed in this week’s Halo Bulletin.

Gundamguy got a new tablet, and released a speed art test… of a Halo 3 ODST Helljumper. Great work! (Louis Wu 23:59:59 UTC)

GameZone has published the full Steve Downes interview they teased yesterday – it’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Steve’s transition (or near non-transition) to the 343 stable… go give it a read! (Louis Wu 23:59:46 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla is back with a new Valentine’s Day Halo music video for 2014 – you’d think after so many of these, they’d start to be repetitive… but they’re not. Go watch!(Louis Wu 23:55:47 UTC)

Chappified has laid down a speedrun of Halo 3 ODST (start to finish) – now that’s pretty novel! Take a look.(Louis Wu 23:54:06 UTC)

We’ve certainly highlighted our share of Isaac Hannaford artwork over the years – there’s an interesting piece at Kotaku which has several examples, and some nice background. Give it a read! Thanks to Bones, who posted this on destiny.bungie.org, and to Black Six, who sent it in via email. (Louis Wu 23:44:23 UTC)

Science meets Violence.

And the stories about Halo 2 Anniversary (and the often-connected rumors of a delay in the first Xbox One title from 343) continue to swirl – GameZone says that in a recent interview they did with Steve Downs (the voice of Master Chief), Downes confirmed both that Halo 2 Anniversary will be coming this year… and Halo 5 (or whatever it’s going to be called) will not. Still no word from 343, either way. Update: looks like the wording in the GameZone transcript might have been a little overstated. A Facebook conversation was posted on NeoGAF yesterday, in which Downes stepped back from any real confirmation. Thanks, DEEP NNN.(Louis Wu 23:57:01 UTC)

Valentines Day is coming up, so the Halo Bulletin this week has some love-themed content (cards and screenshots). There’s also a nice writeup of the Gamers For Giving tournament that took place last weekend. Finally, there is some info about upcoming playlist tweaks – go read! (If you need or want it, it’s available in our Halo Bulletin Archive, as well.)(Louis Wu 17:19:32 UTC)

Driving players together.

tadboz is selling off some new Halo 4 action figures – prices are great! Take a look.(Louis Wu 20:41:39 UTC)

Rockslider has a new batch of fun clips – swing by to see an overview, and get links to the video itself. (Louis Wu 20:57:45 UTC)

Hawaiian Pig came back with word of HaloRuns, a new site devoted to Halo speedrunning – putting records and online streams in the spotlight. Give his post a read, then sign up! (Louis Wu 20:56:35 UTC)

GeneticSpartan stopped in with ‘Alert Carry‘, a Halo 2-based machinima. Oh, the memories! (Louis Wu 20:55:05 UTC)

HaloSphere2 is kicking off Season 3 of their web-based RPG – lots of prizes to be won, so swing by, sign up, and play! (Scroll down to ‘News and Updates’ for full details.) (Louis Wu 20:54:05 UTC)

This week on the podcast, we are left rumor-less as the Halo 2 Anniversary get’s a little more weight behind it on the social networking front, but nothing substantial. With that said, we still had Team Heavies hit the matchmaking system this week along with the Xbox 360 release of Spartan Assault last week. Results from last weekend’s Spartan Bowl stats are up on this week’s Halo Bulletin along with some Valentine’s Day preparation and poll for the next Community voted gametype in matchmaking for Big FFA Rumble.