AEGAMING EU·US·HC
WARDOGS
Founding · 170 on the floor · 41 online now

Wardogs

Tactical all-out warfare: up to 100 players, three teams, one 256 km² battlefield. Hold the Control Zone, run the cash economy, win. Not a battle royale, not an extraction shooter, but a new take by BULKHEAD & Team17. We're building the organised home for it: squads that coordinate, comms that work, and a community run properly. This is the founding. Get in early.

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100
Players per match
3
Teams per match
256km²
Battlefield (16×16)
SEP 10
Early Access · 16:00 UTC
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The servers

Community servers · live now
Region · Europe

AE EU

Live
0/100 · Bakurani
European primetime · combined arms · organised squads on comms
Server IDb8a4dd24-109d-4b2f-9f32-e17cb26570b2
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE 50/50 #1

Live
0/100 · Bakurani
Big-team KOTH: fifty against fifty, full-scale battles on the AE standard.
Server IDde9509fd-d529-4fb2-81a9-f36a148a2666
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE 50/50 #2

Live
0/100 · Bakurani
Our second 50/50 arena: fifty against fifty, standard AE ruleset. Same fight, more room to drop in.
Server IDca402ab9-8e4b-4d01-abc7-078d7c867ff4
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE 50/50 #3

Live
0/100 · Bakurani
A third 50/50 arena: fifty against fifty, standard AE ruleset. More room to drop straight into a fight.
Server ID302c906a-9c34-4f15-bd00-ee21523d9b08
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Region · North America

AE US

Live
0/100 · Bakurani
NA primetime · same standard, other side of the clock
Server IDfd372558-bcce-445c-8881-0458251b1818
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EU and US are our regional squads, plus three 50/50 arenas for full-scale fifty-versus-fifty fights. Our community WARDOGS servers are live now: counts here update every minute straight from the cabinet, never faked. Full board and player leaderboard at ae-gaming.com/stats.

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Gameplay footage

Official trailer · BULKHEAD
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Why run with us

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Squads that coordinate

WARDOGS runs on proximity voice and teamplay. We use it, called targets, real tactics. 100 players on the map, but you move as a unit.

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Organised, not random

Get in a squad on comms from your first match. Solo-queue into chaos elsewhere; here you get a plan and people who show up.

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Fair play, enforced

Human review of every report. Cheats, slurs and grief are out. This is a community with a standard, and we hold it.

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Scheduled operations

Weekly organised sessions with a briefing, objectives and an after-action review. Turn up, and there's always something on.

AE Gaming is the front door

AE Gaming is the organised gaming floor. Behind it stands Absconditus Eminus, a brotherhood with its own ranks, structure and code. Play WARDOGS with a squad that coordinates; if it clicks, there's a way deeper in.

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Field imagery

Official press kit · BULKHEAD / Team17
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Dispatches

WARDOGS
Founding14 AUG 2026

The doors are open

The AE Gaming Discord is live. The earliest operators shape what this becomes. Get in before launch and grab your tags.

WARDOGS
Launch10 SEP 2026

WARDOGS hits Early Access

Team17 & BULKHEAD ship WARDOGS at $39.99. No battle pass, no pay-to-win. We form up around it.

WARDOGS
Beta21 AUG 2026

Closed Beta weekend

Pre-order unlocks the Closed Beta from Aug 21. Squad up with us and shake the game down before EA.

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Floor standings

In-game performance · live from the servers
In-game standings open at launch.

Kills, K/D, wins and score report live from the servers the moment they're up. Play the founding season and put your name at the top.

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Tournaments

Results reported live from the servers
The Founding Cup forms after launch.

Weekly ladders and squad tournaments spin up once the servers are live, brackets seeded by your floor standings, results reported straight from the game. Get a squad together now and you're in the first one.

Get your squad in
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Standing orders

Every squad, every night
  1. 01Follow the lead on comms. If you can't take a call, run public matchmaking.
  2. 02Keep the net clean: brief and clear. Command traffic over chatter.
  3. 03Play the objective. Hold the zone, move as a team, spend the cash smart.
  4. 04Slurs, harassment, and recruiting for other communities are permanent bans.
  5. 05Report, don't retaliate. Open a ticket in Discord with a clip and a timestamp.
Additional · crew standards
  1. S1Vetted only. Earn your place through a short interview in Discord.
  2. S2Mic mandatory. If you're not on comms, you're not on the crew.
  3. S3Comms discipline: clear, brief, disciplined net. No clutter, no cross-talk.
  4. S4Play it straight and tactical. This crew is here to win on skill, not chaos.
  5. S5Two no-shows to a signed-up operation and you drop off the roster.
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Founding roadmap

Live now
  • Discord open
  • Site live
  • Recruitment pipeline built
Toward Sep 10
  • EU / US crews + three 50/50 arenas
  • Squad & LFG board
  • Founding-member intake
After launch
  • Weekly ops nights
  • Community servers (when supported)
  • Cross-crew events
Under review
  • APAC crew
  • Tournament tooling
  • Casual weekend nights
Command net

The AE Gaming Discord

Squad finding, operation sign-ups, crew applications, and every announcement. This is the founding. Walk through the door, grab your tags, and help build it.

170
On the floor
41
Online now
2
In voice now
SEP 10
Launch
Counts are live from the server · snapshot 3 minutes ago
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Requirement

You need the game

WARDOGS is developed by BULKHEAD and published by Team17, a 100-player, three-team tactical FPS. Paid title, no battle pass, no pay-to-win. Early Access opens Sep 10 at $39.99; pre-order unlocks the Closed Beta from Aug 21. Our community is free to join. The base game is not included.

Steam store page Official WARDOGS Discord
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Briefing questions

Is AE Gaming just a WARDOGS clan?+

No. AE Gaming is the organised gaming floor, the front door to Absconditus Eminus, a brotherhood with its own ranks, structure and code. WARDOGS is our launch focus; the community is the point.

Do I need the game to join?+

Join our Discord any time, free. To run with our crews you'll need WARDOGS on Steam once Early Access opens (Sep 10, $39.99). Pre-ordering unlocks the Closed Beta from Aug 21.

Is there pay-to-win or a subscription?+

Not in WARDOGS. The devs confirm no battle pass and no pay-to-win. And nothing from us: our community is free, any supporter perks are cosmetic Discord roles only.

I'm solo and new. Will I be useless?+

No. Jump in a squad on comms and follow the calls. WARDOGS has proximity voice and unlimited squad sizes, so you're an asset from your first match. No game knowledge needed, just listen.

Why three 50/50 servers?+

Demand. Three 100-slot 50v50 KOTH arenas mean more room to drop straight into a full-scale fight without waiting for a slot. Same standard, same ruleset, three times the space. Open to anyone in Discord.

How do I report a cheater or a problem?+

Open a ticket in Discord with a clip and a timestamp. Every report gets human review. Cheats, slurs and grief are out. No exceptions.

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AE Battle Suite

Tools we built for the fight · free for members
Planning · Map

TacMap

The WARDOGS tactical planning map — real game-scale grid, drop markers and zones, measure range and bearing, plan artillery, and run a live shared squad map with pings. Bakurani & Ozeti.
Open the TacMap →
Basebuilding · 3D

FOB Builder

A true-3D forward-operating-base planner. Snap real WARDOGS pieces into place — walls, bunkers, emplacements — plan your logistics and pallets, then share the build with a code.
Open the FOB Builder →
Voice · Radio nets

AE COMMS

Tactical radio nets done right — per-net push-to-talk, split-ear spatial audio, live 343 CONTROL ACARS and an in-game overlay. Coalition nets talk across multiple Discord servers.
Explore AE COMMS →
Squad · Members

Team Builder

Drag your roster into fireteams and provision the whole op in Discord in one click — a private category with a voice channel per fireteam, built by SENTINEL. Members only.
Open the Team Builder →

Built by Absconditus Eminus for the WARDOGS community — free for AE Gaming members and onboarded orgs. AE COMMS and the FOB Builder both wire straight into the TacMap.