WARDOGS News & Guides
Playtest dates, patch reads and the meta as it actually plays. Every guide links straight to the database and the calculators behind its numbers.
WARDOGS unlocks Thursday at 16:00 UTC: the Early Access countdown
16:00 UTC on Thursday. Noon in New York, five in London, two in the morning in Sydney. The clock is on this page.
WARDOGS Early Access: release time, price and what you get
Doors open at 16:00 UTC on the tenth. What $39.99 buys on day one, and who we think should wait a patch.
The FPS Games Show: sixteen shooters and a WARDOGS reveal
Sixty seconds on somebody else's showcase was quoted at $300,000. BULKHEAD built its own show instead and put fifteen other studios on it.
How to call artillery in WARDOGS
Azimuth points the gun. Elevation is what actually lands the shell, and it is the number most crews never work out.
Standard, armor piercing or flesh: which round to buy
Flesh rounds kill a bare chest in two. Put a Level 1 vest in front of the same gun and it takes thirteen.
How armor works in WARDOGS, and where it does not
Every vest in the game covers the torso. Below Level 4 the pelvis is bare, and that is where fights get decided.
AK74 vs M4: which rifle should you actually buy
Same four shots to the chest. The M4 gets there half a tenth quicker and asks $1,200 for the privilege.
How to spend your first $10,000
You get $10,000 once. A kit with a full bag costs $3,275, so that balance is three lives, not ten.
The best loadout at every budget
The bag on your back outprices the rifle in your hands. Here is what a kit really runs once you count every cell.
The best weapon in every class
One shotgun costs $400 and one-shots a bare chest. The class leaderboards are stranger than the price tags suggest.
Which vehicle to buy, and what each one is really for
Most of the cheap end is a trap. Two vehicles do the work, and one of them decides matches on its own.
WARDOGS vs Battlefield: what actually plays differently
It looks like Battlefield until the third team shows up and you realise nobody is holding a line.
WARDOGS vs Squad: which one is for you
Squad punishes you for dying. WARDOGS charges you for it, which turns out to be a different game entirely.
The fastest ways to make money in WARDOGS
A headshot at 900 metres pays $14,000. A passenger dropped in the wrong place pays $75. Same game, and the gap is all in where the work happens.
WARDOGS closed beta: dates, times and how to get in
Servers open Friday at 17:00 UTC and close Monday at 02:00 UTC. Alpha players are already in, and pre-purchase carries the rest.
The best early game weapons in WARDOGS
Assault rifles kick too hard to win the fights they should. Five weapons are eating the lobby instead, and the numbers say why.
Playtest windows, patch days and everything the studio ships.
Weapon tiers, ammo picks and loadouts, with the kill math shown.
New tools on Wardogs Zone and the bigger changes to old ones.
Our server, launch nights and what the Discord is up to.