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 cancelled.
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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