2024

Events[edit]

January 2: Halo: Epitaph was set to release on this date following a delay from an original release date of 2023, before being pushed back to February 27.^[1]
January 5: A partnership between 343 Industries and Mantic Games to bring a new tabletop game based on the Halo universe is announced.^[2]
January 30: Content Update 29, the next content drop for Halo Infinite was launched, marking the end of the "Season" nomenclature for the game.

February 5: Halo: Hippocratica, the seventh short story in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, is released.
February 6: Halo: Battle Born was set to be re-released by Simon & Schuster on this date, before being pushed back to March 26.^[1]
February 8: "Sanctuary" and "Sword", the first two episodes of Halo: The Television Series Season Two are aired on Paramount+, marking the start of the series' second season.^[3]
February 15: "Visegrád", the third episode of the second season of the Halo television series, aired.
February 21: Halo: Fireside, the eighth short in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, is released to celebrate the seventh birthday of Halo Wars 2.
February 22: "Reach", the fourth episode of the second season of the Halo television series, aired.
February 27: Halo: Epitaph is released on this date.
February 29: "Aleria", the fifth episode of the second season of the Halo television series, aired.

March 5: Halo: Meridian Divide was set to be re-released by Simon & Schuster on this date, before being pushed back to April 30.^[1]
March 7: "Onyx", the sixth episode of the second season of the Halo television series, aired.
March 14: "Thermopylae", the seventh episode of the second season of the Halo television series, aired.
March 21: "Halo", the eighth and last episode of the second season of the Halo television series, aired.
March 26: Halo: Battle Born is re-released on this date, alongside two new short stories.^[4]

April 30:
- Halo: Meridian Divide is re-released on this date, alongside a new short story, named Meridian Homecoming.^[5]
- The Content Update 32 for Halo Infinite is launched.

May 8: Halo: The Third Life, the ninth short in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, is released.

July 18: Its announced that the third season of Halo: The Television Series is cancelled and won't be streamed by Paramount+.^[6]
July 22: Halo: Anvil Accord, the tenth short in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, is released.
July 30:
- Halo: Empty Throne was set to be released by Simon & Schuster on this date, before being pushed back to October 8.
- The July Update is released for Halo Infinite.

August 6: Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual is re-released by Simon & Schuster.^[7]

September 5: Halo: The Machine Breaks, the eleventh short in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, is released.
September 23: Halo: Venezian Sonata, the twelfth short in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, is released to celebrate the fifteenth birthday of Halo 3: ODST.

October 6: At HCS Seattle 2024, it announced that all future Halo games will be made with Unreal Engine 5, dropping the Slipspace Engine, and that 343 Industries will be rebranded as Halo Studios.
October 8: Halo: Empty Throne was set to be released by Simon & Schuster on this date, before being pushed back to December 10.
October 29: The Making of Halo The Series: Hope, Heroism, Humanity is released in book shops on this date.^[8]
October 30: The Making of Halo the Series is released in comic shops on this date.^[8]

November 5: The 2024 Winter Update is released for Halo Infinite.
November 8: Halo: Age of Retribution, the thirteenth short in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, is released to celebrate Halo 2's 20th anniversary.^[9]
November 16: Halo: Flashpoint, the Halo tabletop game made by Mantic Games, is released on the US.^[10]
November 30: Halo: Flashpoint is released on UK, EU, and Australia.^[10]

December 10: Halo: Empty Throne was set to be released by Simon & Schuster on this date, before being pushed back to December 17.^[11]
December 17: Halo: Empty Throne was set to be released on this date, before being pushed back to February 18, 2025.
December 16-20: Halo: Whispers from the Pyre, the fourteenth short in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, is released.

^ ^a ^b ^c Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Didact's Delights (Retrieved on Dec 17, 2022) [archive]
^ Mantic Games, On the 12th Day of Xmas: Special Announcement (Retrieved on Jan 5, 2024) [archive]
^ Twitter, Halo: "They will be remembered. #HaloTheSeries Season 2 premieres February 8, 2024 on #ParamountPlus." (Retrieved on Dec 2, 2023) [archive]
^ Simon & Schuster, Halo: Battle Born (Retrieved on Nov 16, 2023) [archive]
^ Simon & Schuster, Halo: Meridian Divide (Retrieved on Nov 16, 2023) [archive]
^ Variety, ‘Halo’ Canceled After Two Seasons at Paramount+
^ Simon & Schuster, Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual (Retrieved on Nov 16, 2023) [archive]
^ ^a ^b IGN, The Making of Halo The Series: Hope, Heroism, Humanity Revealed by Dark Horse (Retrieved on Jun 3, 2024) [archive]
^ Halo Waypoint, Great Journey Operation Launch (Retrieved on Nov 5, 2024) [archive]
^ ^a ^b Mantic Games, Halo: Flashpoint – Release Dates (Retrieved on Oct 24, 2024) [archive]
^ Simon & Schuster, Halo: Empty Throne (Retrieved on Nov 16, 2023) [archive]