Facts first.
No rumors.
WARDOGS is a 100-player tactical shooter by BULKHEAD, published by Team17. Its Steam listing gives 10 Sept 2026 as the Early Access release date. Each fact here identifies its source, the date we last checked it, and its level of certainty.
QUICK ANSWERS
The 12 figures people search for, each with a status and a date. Nothing here is guessed — if the sources disagree, we say so.
NEXT RE-CHECK BEFORE 10 SEPT 2026
The publisher’s one-page explainer says each match starts at USD 10,000. PC Gamer’s Morgan Park, who played a test build (11 August 2026), reports that money is held at the account level instead. We show the disagreement rather than pick a side; the entry explains both readings.
CASH ECONOMY — THE FULL ENTRY →BROWSE ALL TOPICS
Everything we publish, organized by category. All 8 are open, and every entry in them is tied to something an official source or a named journalist actually published. Where a thing is only named and never described, we say so on the page rather than building a stat sheet around it.
How the game works: money, zones, teams, building, voice.
Locations and points of interest across the 256 km² world.
ALL 1 MAPS →Firearms and launchers, with sourced stats — nothing guessed.
ALL 1 WEAPONS →Ground and air vehicles: seats, roles, costs.
ALL 2 VEHICLES →Armour, carriers and equipment worn into a match.
ALL 1 GEAR →Gadgets and utilities: what they do and what they cost.
ALL 2 TOOLS →Everything a team can place, build or dig in.
ALL 1 FORTIFICATIONS →Dated announcements from official channels, in plain terms.
THE SYSTEMS DATABASE
26 published entries explain how WARDOGS works, from the economy to voice chat. Each includes a source, a status and a check date.
SYSTEM · CHECKED 17 AUG 2026 CONFIRMED CONTROL ZONE One 2 km × 2 km zone decides the match inside a 256 km² map. 
SYSTEM · CHECKED 17 AUG 2026 CONFIRMED THREE-TEAM WARFARE Every fight has a third side — what that changes about holding ground. 
SYSTEM · CHECKED 30 SEPT 2026 CONFIRMED DESTRUCTION Walls, cover and whole structures come down under fire. 
SYSTEM · CHECKED 9 OCT 2026 CONFIRMED FOBS AND BASE BUILDING Teams place forward bases and build them into strongpoints. 
SYSTEM · CHECKED 30 SEPT 2026 CONFIRMED LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY Transporting teammates and supplies: the documented logistics systems. 
SYSTEM · CHECKED 30 SEPT 2026 REPORTED REVIVES AND THE DOWNED STATE Downed is not dead: what the cited sources establish about revives. LATEST NEWS
9 stories — every news item we have published. We add an item when we have sourced information to report.
RECENTLY UPDATED
Every entry carries the date we last checked it. These are the 6 most recent re-checks.
ALL 43 ENTRIES CARRY A VISIBLE CHECKED DATE.
WHERE OUR FACTS COME FROM
9 official or first-party sources, 4 named journalists. If a fact cannot be tied to one of these, it does not get published.