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Project Timeline

Survivor Timeline | Zombie Timeline | Pker Timeline

Malton Timeline | Monroeville Timeline | Borehamwood Timeline

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Urban Dead Timeline

Group Event Game Meta

2005

July

July 3rd
July 4th-30th
  • Over the course of the first month, most of the game mechanics are systematically put into place. Skills, Items, Classes, and game mechanics such as Multi Abuse counter-measures and Hit Limit are introduced.
Early- to Mid-July
  • Prior to the advent of UD Forums, the survivorgroup The Council of Leaders is formed after calls for some organized resistance against the zombies in the city.
Mid- to Late-July
  • The first maps of Malton are pieced together.
  • Bounty hunting emerges and several PKer lists and a system of bounties for them is formed. Work on these list originally began in Yahoo! groups but later were transferred to forums.

August

August 1st
  • The Unofficial UD Forums is lauched around this date. While unofficial, and not run by Kevan, they were considered to be the main forums for UD, and were often referred to simply as the forums.
August 2nd
August 14th
August 15th
August 15th
Mid-August
Mid-August
August 20th
August 25th

September

September 1st
September 3rd
  • Mark II" Revivification Syringes are introduced. Revivified Zombies now stand as Survivors with half of their total available HP rather than half of their HP immediately prior to revival.
September 5th
September 7th
September 8th
September 9th
September 12th
September 16th
  • Headshot now reduces a zombie's XP by 10 per level instead of reducing it to zero.
September 18th
September 19th
September 20th
September 24th
September 24th
September 29th

October

October
October 2nd
October 10th
October 12th
Late-October
October 24th
October 28th
October 29th

November

November 1st
  • The Novermber 2005 issue of PC Gamer UK features an article about Urban Dead. Later, in Janurary, the game is featured in the US version of the magazine.
November 2nd
November 6th
November 10th
November 18th
Late November
November 22nd
November 22nd

December

December 2nd
December 19th
Group Event Game Meta

2006

January

January 3rd
Mid-January
Mid-January
January 18th
January 20th
January 25th
January 29th
January 29th


February

February
Feburary 14th
February 18th

March

Mid-March
March 19th
Late March
March 28th
March 29th


April

April 1st
April 1st
April 2nd
April 14th
April 29th

May

May 9th
May 12th

June

June 1st
  • The radio mechanic is added. It is refined over the course of the month.
June 1st
Mid June
Late June
  • Various zombie mechanics are added or revised.

July

July 3rd
  • First anniversary of the outbreak. The first Extravaganza is held.
July 3rd
July 3rd
July 20th
July 20th

August

August 18th
August 20th
August 29th

September

September 11th
September 14th
Late September

October

October 13th
October 24th
October 31st

November

November 5th
November 10th
November 10th
November 20th

December

December 18th
Group Event Game Meta

2007

January

January 5th
January 11th
January 14th
January 18th
January 19th
  • Several game updates occur.
January 27th

February

February 3rd
February 14th
February 24th

March

March 6th
March 15th
  • The PKA attacks Ackland Mall on the Ides of March, performing Caesar-related plays and leaving over 120 dead.
Early March

April

April 1st
April
April
April
April 8th
April 17th

May

May 2nd
May 25th
May 28th

June

June 18th
  • Yahoo features an article which inspires 4000 new players to join Urban Dead.
June 19th
  • The day after Yahoo's article, Digg.com also features an article, further prompting new users to sign up for the game.
June 19th
  • Players celebrate the new arrivals to Malton in an event later called Yahoomas.
June 19th
June 24th

July

July 3rd
July 5th
July 8th
Late July
July 24th
July 29th

August

August 8th
August 14th
August 16th
August 17th

September

September 8th

October

October 4th
Late October
October 31st

November

November 5th
November 18th

December

December
December 10th
December 15th
December 18th
December 23rd
Group Event Game Meta

2008

January

January 2nd
January 23rd
  • The interference mechanic is added to the game, reducing barricade rates when zombies are inside a building.

February

February
  • The group LUE is disbanded.
February 14th
Febuary 25th
  • Monroeville, Urban Dead's first perma-death city goes live.
February 25th
  • The dead of Dunell Hills is founded.
February 29th
  • The dead of Dunell Hills transforms into The Dead.
February 29th

March

March
March 6th
March 25th
March 30th
  • The first quarantine of Monroeville is enacted. New Monroeville character creation is disabled.

April

April 1st
April 3rd
April
April 29th

May

May 6th
May 28th
May 29th

June

June 11th
June 13th
  • The quarantine of Monroeville is lifted, and players can again create new characters.
June 14th

July

July 3rd
Early July
July 9th


July 18th

August

August 15th
  • The second (and permanent) quarantine of Monroeville is enacted. New Monroeville character creation is disabled permanently.
August 17th

September

October

October 1st
October 14th
October 28th
October 31st

November

November 5th
Mid-November
November 28th
  • Borehamwood goes under quarantine and character creation is disabled.

December

December 4th


Group Event Game Meta

2009

January

January to March
January 9th

February

March

March

April

April 1st
  • The fourth (and, so far, final) April Fool's joke made it seem like life might be returning to normal in Malton.
April 1st

May

May 4th

June

July

July 3rd

August

September

September 20th

October

November

November 1st
November 5th
November

December

Group Event Game Meta

2010

January

January 15th

February

February 26th

March

April

May

June

June 1st
June 3rd
June 22nd

July

July 3rd
  • Fifth anniversary of the outbreak.
July 6th
  • Misanthropy wins the Mayor of Malton election, but resigns in favor of Revenant who resigns in favor of Jorm.

August

August 16th
August 16th
August 19th
August 31st

September

September 6th
Septemberth
  • Work on this timeline started.
September 16th
September 20th

October

October 6th
October
October 6th
October
October 31st
October 31st

November

November 5th

December

December
Group Event Game Meta

2011

January

February

March

March 20th

April

April
April
April 20th
April 21st
  • The UDWiki software version is updated.


May

May 14th
  • During the March of The Dead 2, the highest zombie-survivor ratio (over 85% zombies) in Malton's history is reached. The number of Very Dangerous suburbs also reaches an all-time high and 80 suburbs are listed red on the city's Danger Map.
May 14th
  • Due to histoically high zombie population during the March of The Dead 2, item search rates are automatically adjusted. Search success rates are near 100% for many survivors, even when searching ruined resource buildings.

June

June 8th
June 23rd
  • Nominations for the Grimmies Awards are opened.

July

July 23rd
  • winners of the Grimmies Awards are announced.

August

September

October

October
October
October 3rd

November

November 1st

December

December 2nd
December
December
December 30th
Group Event Game Meta

2012

January

January 2nd
January 5th

February

March

April

April 1st
April 27th
  • The font used in profiles and links to profiles is updated to help mitigate problems with character impersonation.

May

June

July

July 26th
  • The number of active characters dips below ten thousand.


August

September

October

October 13th
  • Work on the Malton Danger Center map is completed. The map displays the danger level of every building in Malton based on data on the wiki.
October 23rd
  • After news that long-time UD player Winka passed away, friends and fellow UD players hold a memorial in her memory at Quartly Library. Winka was 78 years old.
October 30th
  • Halloween 2012 saw the return of fog and Mask Anonymity made its first appearance during the late October game updates. The in-game effects lasted until November 5th.
October 30th

November

November 2nd
November 6th

December

Mid December