WARDOGS Guide: news

Season 2: 4 weapons, 4 vehicles and rain

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Bulkhead and Team17 described what Season 2 brings on 15 October in a press release. It is the first content list since the teaser.

As reported by the press (Insider Gaming):

Weapons: TCX-SPR (assault rifle), M14 (DMR), PP-19 Bizon (SMG), Evo-3 Ultra (LMG), plus new attachments. The preview also mentions a Molotov.
Vehicles: Wolf-110 (and an armed variant), T-72B3 tank, Flakpanzer Gepard.
Buildables: MG Nest, Large Shelter, Wooden Step.
Weather: a new rain preset.
Wagers: an experimental vendor where players stake in-game cash on their own performance.
Balance: weapon damage, recoil and suppression tweaks; the blue Lonestar faction gets uniform and spawn changes and Season 2-only cash and XP bonuses.

The studio promised full patch notes the week after the announcement. Some outlets report a progress reset, but it is not in the official list — unconfirmed. Summary page: Season 2: what we know.

FOB exploit bans won't be lifted

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The official WARDOGS account on X replied to players banned for farming cash and XP: cash and XP exploit abuse is no longer tolerated, the punishments stand, and the decision is final.

Bulkhead head Joe Brammer added that the players were using an exploit, not a normal game mechanic. According to summaries of his post, the exploit is fixed for Season 2, and this kind of behaviour is now tracked in match data. The punishment is a temporary ban plus a cash and XP reset.

According to players and the press, the group built a FOB, let the enemy take it and shelled it with mortars to collect FOB-supply assist payouts, then turned the money straight into gold and skins.

What it means for you: the ban rules from update 0.11 are enforced. Farming cash off your own structures gets you banned and reset.

Analysts: WARDOGS has made about $100 million

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Alinea Analytics estimates that WARDOGS sold about 3.2 million copies in its first month. Sales revenue is around $86.9 million, and about $100 million including pre-orders.

These are analyst estimates, not Bulkhead figures. Officially the studio reported 3 million copies as of 26 September. By the same estimates, around 250,000 players are online at the same time every day.

Also covered by PlayGround.ru in the WARDOGS Steam news feed.

IR rangefinders pulled until Season 2

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The 2 October hotfix pulled IR rangefinders from sale: the developers agreed with players that they were too strong. They return in Season 2 but will run on batteries. CWIS also kills the Havoc in about 6 seconds again.

Full breakdown in the 2 October hotfixes patch notes.

Brammer: balance won't be fixed even by Season 2

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Joe Brammer, head of Bulkhead, told players that balance starts from assumptions and gets tuned with real stats, so “we won’t even get it all right by Season 2”. That’s why Season 1 was kept short.

He named servers as the biggest launch mistake: the studio should have supported community servers from day one and run official infantry-only, level-capped servers. That’s the first priority.

Source: PlayGround.ru in the WARDOGS Steam news feed, 30 September 2026.

Brammer: cheaters and DDoS attacks have worn the team out

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Bulkhead head Joe Brammer wrote on X that the game’s success has literally overwhelmed the studio: most of the time since launch has gone into fighting cheaters and constant DDoS attacks. Many staff were sent on mandatory holiday to recover (GamesRadar+).

Players on Steam and Reddit say the main problem isn’t blatant aimbots but subtle cheats: wallhacks and recoil scripts (Notebookcheck).

How the studio punishes cheating and economy exploits is covered in the update 0.11 breakdown.

3 million copies and a Golden Joystick nomination

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Bulkhead announced that WARDOGS has sold 3 million copies in just over two weeks of Early Access. The game is nominated for “Best Early Access Game 2026” at the Golden Joystick Awards, which players vote on.

The studio added that the team is working on Season 2 and promised details the following week.

The WARDOGS price will go up

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Bulkhead head Joe Brammer told GamesRadar+ that the WARDOGS price will rise as Early Access goes on: $39.99 now, $49.99 in about a year at version 0.5, and $59.99 a year after that.

Brammer said the game will keep growing, and suggested that anyone who finds the price too high can wait.

Source: PlayGround.ru coverage of the interview in the WARDOGS Steam news feed, 23 September 2026.

Season 2 launches on 15 October

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Bulkhead posted the Season 2 teaser on Steam: Season 2 launches on 15 October 2026.

The clip turns a clear village grey, foggy and rainy — that’s all it shows. The studio said the launch time, patch notes and content list will come later.

Everything known about the season is on Season 2: what we know.