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 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.

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, 2010- Contest to create fake ads for the game.

May 9, 2010- Game release delayed until unknown date. Alpha 0.75 released.

May 22, 2010- Alpha 0.8 released.

June 3, 2010- Poll for SMGs to be used in the game.

June 10, 2010- Alpha 0.85 released.

June 29, 2010- SMG Poll results released.

July 2, 2010- Alpha 0.9 released.

July 13, 2010- Alpha 0.91 released.

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.

October 25, 2010- Alpha 0.97 released.

November 1, 2010- Update. 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- 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 awarded with beta access.

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 30, 2011- 1st Open Beta

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.