LAUNCH DAY MEGA!

LAUNCH DAY MEGATHREAD — WARDOGS IS LIVE TODAY

Today's the day. WARDOGS enters Steam Early Access this afternoon, preload is live right now, and the launch times are officially confirmed.

UNLOCK TIME CONFIRMED

16:00 UTC, Thursday 10 September. BULKHEAD has published the official global release times.

• UTC — 16:00, Thu • Los Angeles (PDT) — 09:00, Thu • Denver (MDT) — 10:00, Thu • Chicago (CDT) — 11:00, Thu • New York (EDT) — 12:00, Thu • São Paulo (BRT) — 13:00, Thu • London (BST) — 17:00, Thu • Berlin (CEST) — 18:00, Thu • Moscow (MSK) — 19:00, Thu • Singapore (SGT) — 00:00, FRI 11th • Tokyo (JST) — 01:00, FRI 11th • Sydney (AEST) — 02:00, FRI 11th

PRELOAD IS LIVE

Go download it now. If you've prepurchased, it should be in your Steam Library.

• Size: ~50 GB • If it isn't showing, try restarting Steam

SEASON 1 CHANGELOG

These are the major changes only. The full log is much longer. The is link at the bottom of this section.

Beta was tuned for 3-day weekends; Season 1 is tuned for a month.

PROGRESSION IS MUCH SLOWER

Levels 10-20 hit the hardest, curve flattens from 35. BULKHEAD's target: median player around level 20 at 20-25 hours.

• Level 10 40% slower • Level 15 101% slower • Level 20 124% slower • Level 25–30 36–69% slower • Level 35+ 16–20% slower • Below level 6 unchanged

BIG UNLOCK MOVES

• Artillery Tank Career 55 → 90, price $400k → $500k • Heavy Tank Career 35 → Driver 35. You unlock it by driving now. • Driver track buffed most unlocks moved earlier (URAL Attack 40 → 25, URAL Covered 30 → 18, Humvee minigun 35 → 30). Exception: Kodiak Flatbed 2 → 10.

ECONOMY

UP: FOB $2,500 → $7,500 · Support Large Hammer $25k → $75k · Little Bird w/ miniguns $25k → $50k · Recon scopes +$15k

DOWN: Z20 Lakota and URAL both $50k → $35k · Dune Buggy $35k → $25k

XP NERFS: air vehicle kill 300 → 250 · supply crate item under $75 25 → 1 XP (crate farming is dead)

FIXES

• Voice chat no longer dies permanently after a failed join • Five crash paths fixed, incl. frame generation and buildables • Server browser filtering reworked · church roof exploit patched • Report system now weights down repeat and bad-faith reporters • Z20 Lakota balance pass · tank aiming DPI fix · less hitching on character control

Full Season 1 changelog on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/1867240/view/701027323413004455?l=english

🔗 LINKS

Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/1867240/WARDOGS

Season 1 changelog: store.steampowered.com/news/app/1867240/view/701027323413004455?l=english

Community & Clan Season 1 megathread: www.reddit.com/r/WarDogs/comments/1wcb43i/community\_clan\_season\_1\_mega

See you in the zone.

Mods will update this post through launch day. Last updated: September 10, 2026.