2009
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2009 was a busy year, with the release of Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, and much more.
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- January 29: Ensemble Studios is closed by Microsoft Game Studio.
February[edit]
- February 26: Halo Wars is released in Japan and Australia.
- February 27: Halo Wars is released in the PAL Region.
March[edit]
- March 3:
- Halo Wars was released in North America.
- Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide was released.
April[edit]
- April 9: The first Mythic Map Pack is released.
- April 15: Issue 4 of the Halo: Uprising comic book series was released.
May[edit]
- May 12: The first Title Update for Halo Wars is released.[1]
- May 19: The Strategic Options Pack for Halo Wars was released, including the game modes Reinforcements, Tug of War and Keepaway.[2]
July[edit]
- July 17: The second Title Update for Halo Wars is released.[3]
- July 21: Historic Battles, the first map pack for Halo Wars, is released.
- July 22: Issue 1 of the Halo: Helljumper series of comics is released.
- July 23: The "HaloWaypoint" (Later @Halo) Twitter account was made.[4]
- July 24: The Announcement Trailer for Halo Legends is released.
August[edit]
- August 26: Issue 2 of Halo: Helljumper is released.
September[edit]
- September 7: The Life was released.
- September 22:
- Halo 3: ODST, alongside the Halo 3: Mythic disc containing all Halo 3 downloadable content (including exclusive early access to the Mythic II Map Pack), was released, along with the second Mythic Map Pack.
- Halo 3: ODST Official Strategy Guide was released.
- September 23: Issue 3 of Halo: Helljumper was released.
October[edit]
- October 13: The Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition) is released.
- October 28: Issue 4 of Halo: Helljumper is released.
November[edit]
- November 5: Halo Waypoint is released.
- November 7: The Babysitter short film shown on Halo Waypoint.
- November 21: The Duel short film is shown on Halo Waypoint.
- November 24: Halo: Evolutions is released.
- November 25: Issue 5 of Halo: Helljumper is released.
December[edit]
- December 5: The Package Part One short film is shown on Halo Waypoint.
- December 12:
- The Package Part Two is shown on Halo Waypoint.
- Halo: Reach Video Games Awards Trailer is aired live on the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2009.
- December 18: The third Title Update for Halo Wars is released.[5]
- December 23: Issue 1 of the Halo: Blood Line comic series is released.
Unknown Date[edit]
- Halo: Chronicles was officially canceled.
Sources[edit]
- ^ Official Halo Wars Community Site, Halo Wars Title Update #2 Patch Notes Discussion (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2017) [archive]
- ^ Xbox.com, Strategic Options Add-on Pack (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
- ^ Official Halo Wars Community Site, Halo Wars Title Update #3 to be released July 17 (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2017) [archive]
- ^ Twitter - The account's first tweet
- ^ Official Halo Wars Community Site, Halo Wars Title Update 4 to be released 12/18 (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2017) [archive]
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