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.

Hyokin has kicked off another machinima series, based around a group he calls ‘Zodiac’. Go give Episode 1 (Thief) a look!(Louis Wu 06:17:49 UTC)

Another week, another fail video (AH.com | YouTube) – this one has a couple of rarely-seen fails. Worth a look! (Louis Wu 15:26:45 UTC)

Halo 2 Anniversary, whether it happens or not, is engendering a lot of discussion in the Halo community. There’s an interesting thread on our own forum (chime in with your own thoughts!), and there’s a new vlog from The Tyrant discussing his feelings about a remade version of Halo 2. Go watch and see what he thinks about this remake idea – at some point, we’ll probably hear whether this title will ever exist, but in the meantime, there’s no shortage of fan opinions on the subject! (Louis Wu 15:26:03 UTC)