| abstract | - This is a timeline of the development for The Last Stand: Union City. October 11, 2009- Update asks the players what they would do if they found themselves in a zombie apocalypse, which served as research for the next The Last Stand game. October 25, 2009- The Last Stand: Union City is announced and is set to be released in Q1 2010. Features of the game are also revealed. November 1, 2009- Q&A released. November 9, 2009- Character features revealed. December 1, 2009- Early alpha (the first alpha) of the game released. December 10, 2009- Character creation prototype released. January 18, 2010- Alpha 0.5 released. January 24, 2010- Union City Fact Sheet released. February 8, 2010- Alpha 0.6 released; features new Backpack inventory system. February 13, 2010- Second Q&A released. February 23, 2010- Poll to pick assault rifles to be featured in the game. March 3, 2010- Game release date delayed until late April. March 4, 2010- Alpha 0.7 released. April 11–29, 2010- Con holds contest to create fake ads for the game. May 1, 2010- Winners for the fake advertisement contest announced. May 9, 2010- Game release delayed until unknown date. Alpha 0.75 released; features new clothing system. Several fake ads are also released. May 22, 2010- Alpha 0.8 released; features new character creator sheet. June 3, 2010- Poll for SMGs to be used in the game held. June 10, 2010- Alpha 0.85 released; features ability to move in and out of buildings. June 29, 2010- SMG Poll results released. July 2, 2010- Alpha 0.9 released; features character appearance creator. July 13, 2010- Alpha 0.91 released; features zombies dropping items. July 22, 2010- Alpha 0.92 released. August 12, 2010- Alpha 0.94 released. August 17, 2010- Union City map revealed. August 27, 2010- Alpha 0.95 released. September 19, 2010- Update reveals other features of the game. September 28, 2010- Alpha 0.96 released; features Union City map navigator. October 25, 2010- Alpha 0.97 released. November 1, 2010- Update; includes new quest feature. Players suggest ideas for quests. November 18, 2010- Update on the game features. Third Q&A held until November 23. November 23, 2010- Update on character creation. December 8, 2010- Alpha 0.99, the final alpha of the game released. December 23, 2010- Start of beta application. January 7, 2011- Beta invitations begin. Includes information on the beta. January 13, 2011- First Beta information. January 30, 2011- Second Beta information. February 17, 2011- Contest on game hints started. Third Beta information. March 17, 2011- Fourth Beta information. April 11, 2011- Fifth Beta information. April 13–22, 2011- Contest for notes to be featured in the game. Winning entries will be awarded with early beta access. April 26, 2011- Winners for the note contest announced. April 30, 2011- Achievement list revealed. May 7, 2011- Beta is shut down due to a wiki contributor leaking the beta URL in the wiki. May 13, 2011- Shop system 'King O Pawn' revealed. May 25, 2011- Sixth Beta information. June 14, 2011- Update on progress and changes in the Open Beta revealed. June 30, 2011- First Open Beta released. Survival Kit premium content revealed. July 5, 2011- Con reveals that the closing animation is complete. July 17, 2011- Con announced that The Last Stand: Union City will be released within the next 7 days.[1] July 19, 2011- Con announced that The Last Stand: Union City will be released on July 20, 2011.[2] July 20, 2011- The Last Stand: Union City was released on Armor Games. You can play it here. July 25, 2011- The Last Stand: Union City - v1.2 was released. August 3, 2011- I Built this City Part 1 of 4. [3][dead link - archived via Wayback Machine here] August 11, 2011- The Last Stand: Union City – v1.3 was released. September 6, 2011- I Built this City Part 2 of 4. [4][dead link - archived via Wayback Machine here] September 25, 2011- The Last Stand: Union City was released on Kongregate. You can play it here. October 12, 2011- A sneak peak of Con's attempt at using a drawing pad. [dead link - archived via Wayback Machine here] Possibly the animation style for future Last Stand games.
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