Halo Wars 2 Title Updates

Throughout its lifespan, Halo Wars 2 had many Title Updates and other patches. Given how many there are, this page only lists the patches and their general features; full patch notes are listed on each Season's page for brevity. For a full list of Halo Wars 2 official patch notes on Halo Waypoint, see the designated forum thread here.

Table

The below table lists each patch by content type (IE bugfixes, server-side, balance etc) and date. You can click on the arrows at the top of each column to sort it - for a more comprehensive list, see the sections further down the page. For full patch notes on each update, click the link in the left-most column to be taken directly to the relevant section.

List of Halo Wars 2 updates

Update	Season	Release date (YYYY/MM/DD) (Xbox)	Patch type	Platform(s)	Notes
Day one patch	Season 0	2017/02/21	Bug-fixes	Xbox One PC	Day-one patch released on February 21 (the launch of Halo Wars 2) for Xbox and shortly later for PC.
March 7 patch	Season 0	2017/03/07	Bug fixes and balance changes	Xbox One PC	N/A
March 20 patch	Season 1	2017/03/20	Bug fixes and balance changes	Xbox One PC	N/A
April 4 patch	Season 1	2017/04/28	Bug fixes	Xbox One PC	N/A
Colony release update	Season 2	2017/04/27	Content update	Xbox One PC	Released alongside the Colony leader DLC and start of Season 2
May balance update	Season 2	2017/05/05	Balance	Xbox One PC	N/A
Sgt. Johnson release update	Season 3	2017/05/22	Bug-fixes	Xbox One PC	Released alongside the Sgt. Johnson DLC and start of Season 3. Added HDR support for console players.
Icons of War release update	Season 4	2017/06/28	Bug-fixes and balance changes	Xbox One PC	Released alongside the Arbiter and Commander Jerome DLCs and start of Season 4.
June balance patch	Season 4	2017/06/29	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	N/A
June server balance patch	Season 4	2017/07/07	Balance changes	Server-side	N/A
Serina release update	Season 5	2017/07/25	Content update	Xbox One PC	Released alongside the Operation: SPEARBREAKER and Serina DLCs and start of Season 5.
Yapyap release update	Season 6	2017/08/17	Content update	Xbox One PC	Released alongside the Yapyap the DESTROYER DLC and start of Season 6.
August server patch	Season 6	2017/08/31	Bug-fixes	Xbox One PC	N/A
Awakening the Nightmare release update	Season 7	2017/09/26	Content update	Xbox One PC	Released alongside the Awakening the Nightmare, Voridus and Pavium DLCs and start of Season 7.
Xbox One X support release update	Season 8	2017/11/02	Content update	Xbox One PC	Released alongside tand to provide support for the Xbox One X, and start of Season 8.
November balance patch	Season 8	2017/11/??	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	Added 49 new multiplayer ranks to unlock.
January update	Season 9	2018/01/16	Bug-fixes and balance changes	Xbox One PC	Start of Season 9.
February balance patch	Season 9	2018/02/08	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	N/A
April update	Season 10	2018/04/02	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	Start of Season 10.
April update	Season 10	2018/05/14	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	N/A
July update	Season 11	2018/07/18	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	Start of Season 11.
September balance update	Season 11	2018/09/12	Balance changes	Server-side	N/A
October balance update	Season 11	2018/10/30	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	N/A
December update	Season 12	2018/12/13	Matchmaking update	Xbox One PC	Start of Season 12.
January 26 patch	Season 12	2019/01/29	Content update	Xbox One PC	Rolled all previous balance patches into the game files.
Fort Jordan update	Season 12	2019/02/26	Content update	Xbox One PC	Added the new map Fort Jordan into the game.
April update	Season 12	2019/04/18	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	N/A
December update	Season 14	2019/12/16	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	Start of Season 14.
August update	Season 15	2020/08/13	Balance changes	Xbox One PC	Start of Season 15.