WARDOGS is a tactical all‑out warfare FPS developed by BULKHEAD and published by Team17. Up to 100 players across three teams fight for dynamic Control Zones using infantry, vehicles, destruction, base building, and a persistent cash system.
WARDOGS Key Features
- Up to 100‑player warfare, with three teams competing across large‑scale battlefields for control of dynamic objective zones
- Tactical FPS combat, where realistic‑inspired gunplay is balanced with accessibility, teamwork, positioning, and quick decision‑making
- Combined arms warfare, letting players fight on foot or use vehicles to transport allies, support objectives, and bring heavy firepower to the battlefield
- Persistent cash system, earning money through combat, reviving teammates, transportation, objectives, and other useful actions, then spending it on weapons, equipment, and vehicles
- Destructible environments, letting players destroy buildings and reshape parts of the battlefield to create new tactical opportunities
- Base building and fortification, constructing forward positions and reinforcing strategically important locations
- Flexible playstyles, from sniping at a distance to operating vehicles, delivering supplies, fighting on the objective, supporting teammates, or building defensive positions
- Team‑focused multiplayer, with proximity voice chat, logistics, support actions, and coordinated tactics encouraging cooperation between players
Gameplay
WARDOGS combines tactical first‑person shooting with large‑scale combined arms combat. Its main mode is inspired by King of the Hill, with three teams competing to control randomized Control Zones within a 256‑square‑kilometre sandbox map. Holding the active zone earns points, and the first team to reach the required score wins the match. Players purchase their loadout for each life using cash earned through their actions, starting each match with a base amount of in‑match funds. Fighting enemies is only one way to make progress: reviving allies, transporting teammates, supporting objectives, and handling logistics can also generate rewards, and cash persists between matches, adding another layer of decision‑making to when and how players invest in better equipment or vehicles.
Story
WARDOGS takes place in a modern militaristic setting across the derelict industrial mountains of Eastern Europe. Rather than placing a traditional narrative at the center of the experience, the game focuses on player‑driven battles where changing objectives, tactical decisions, destruction, and cooperation create different situations from match to match. The battlefield supports multiple approaches, letting players fight directly for objectives, provide long‑range sniper support, move supplies by helicopter, operate armored vehicles, build forward operating positions, or use explosives and heavy weapons to destroy enemy cover.
Graphics
WARDOGS uses a grounded modern military aesthetic built with Unreal Engine 5, set across industrial environments, towns, open terrain, vehicles, weaponry, and large combat zones. Destruction and construction make the battlefield visually dynamic, as buildings can be damaged while players create and reinforce defensive positions during combat, reshaping the same map differently from one match to the next.
Who will like WARDOGS
- Fans of large‑scale tactical multiplayer FPS games
- Players who enjoy 100‑player online battles and team‑based PvP
- Fans of combined arms combat with infantry and military vehicles
- Players who enjoy destructible environments and battlefield construction
- Squads looking for communication, logistics, support, and coordinated objective play
- FPS players who prefer flexible loadouts and multiple tactical playstyles
- Players interested in persistent progression and an economy that carries across matches
