WARDOGS Patch Notes and Update History

Build history

Newest first.

Build	Date	Who had access	What it was
Launch Stability Hotfix #1	10 Sep 2026	All Early Access players	Client update targeting failed server joins, unexpected kicks and long login queues
Season 1 launch build	10 Sep 2026	All Early Access players	First public build; price, progression, unlock and vehicle balance changes
Closed Beta 02	3–6 Sep 2026	Initially invited/pre-order players, later opened publicly	Final scale test before launch
Closed Beta Weekend	21–23 Aug 2026	Steam pre-purchasers	Large-scale stress test — servers, vehicles, destruction and the three-team format under real load
Closed Alpha	Early Aug 2026	Invited testers	First hands-on build; a reported 33 weapons
Reveal	2026	Public	Announcement and trailer from BULKHEAD and Team17

BULKHEAD expects 12 to 24 months in Early Access, with the length driven by player feedback. No fixed patch cadence has been announced.

What gets tracked here

Each entry will cover the five things that actually change how a match plays:

• Weapon balance — damage, recoil, muzzle velocity and, crucially, price
• Vehicles — handling, armour, cost, and availability per map
• Control Zone scoring — zone size, Hot Zone behaviour, point rates
• Cash economy — earn rates per action, loadout costs, Gold Bar conversion
• Maps, performance and anti-cheat — new ground, optimisation, Easy Anti-Cheat changes

Why prices are patch notes in this game

In most shooters, balance patches change a gun’s numbers. In WARDOGS they can change its price instead — and that is the same thing.

Because you buy a loadout before every life from a balance that persists between matches, a weapon that costs 30% more is a weapon fewer people bring, regardless of its damage. The same applies to vehicles: a tank whose price moves is a tank that shows up more or less often, which changes what infantry needs to buy to answer it.

What is not known yet

Worth stating plainly rather than guessing at:

• No dated public roadmap. BULKHEAD has given an Early Access window, not a milestone calendar.
• Fighter jets are planned during Early Access, not at launch — no date announced.
• Patch cadence is unannounced. The first hotfix arrived quickly, but that does not establish a weekly schedule.
• Map count beyond launch has not been detailed past the initial three (with three variations each).

This page updates as builds ship. Anything drawn from a test build rather than a released one is labelled as such.

Related

• Release date, price and editions — the full launch breakdown
• Season 1 launch notes — economy, progression and unlock changes
• Launch Stability Hotfix #1 — queue and server-join fixes
• Cash economy guide — why price changes are balance changes

Sources

• WARDOGS on Steam — release dates, Early Access plan
• WARDOGS Steam announcements — official changelog and hotfix posts
• Team17 — WARDOGS reveal
• BULKHEAD — WARDOGS