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WARDOGS
Founding · 1,530 on the floor · 612 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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Players per match
3
Teams per match
256km²
Battlefield (16×16)
LIVE
Early Access · out now
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The servers

Community servers · live now
Server · 50 vs 50

AE 50/50 NOGL #1

Live
98/100 · Bakurani
Fifty against fifty: red against green, the third side is closed. Teams are balanced as players join. Infantry Only: no tanks and no attack helicopters. Transport stays. No grenade launcher: a grenade launcher kill is a kick.
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE 50/50 NOGL #2

Live
33/100 · Ozeti
Fifty against fifty: red against green, the third side is closed. Teams are balanced as players join. Infantry Only: no tanks and no attack helicopters. Transport stays. No grenade launcher: a grenade launcher kill is a kick.
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE 50/50 NOGL #3

Live
98/100 · Ozeti
Fifty against fifty: red against green, the third side is closed. Teams are balanced as players join. Infantry Only: no tanks and no attack helicopters. Transport stays. No grenade launcher: a grenade launcher kill is a kick.
Join code
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE 50/50 NOGL #4

Live
98/100 · Bakurani
Fifty against fifty: red against green, the third side is closed. Teams are balanced as players join. Infantry Only: no tanks and no attack helicopters. Transport stays. No grenade launcher: a grenade launcher kill is a kick.
Join code
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE 50/50 #5

Live
0/100 · Zestafona
Fifty against fifty: red against green, the third side is closed. Teams are balanced as players join. Infantry Only: no tanks and no attack helicopters. Transport stays.
Join code
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE Infantry Only (T) #6

Live
0/100 · Zestafona
Tournament rules: all three factions, no auto-balancing. Infantry Only: no tanks and no attack helicopters. Transport stays. AE League runs here Friday and Saturday nights.
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE Infantry Only (T) #7

Live
0/100 · Bakurani
Tournament rules: all three factions, no auto-balancing. Infantry Only: no tanks and no attack helicopters. Transport stays. AE League runs here Friday and Saturday nights.
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Server · 50 vs 50

AE Infantry Only (T) #8

Live
0/100 · Ozeti
Tournament rules: all three factions, no auto-balancing. Infantry Only: no tanks and no attack helicopters. Transport stays. AE League runs here Friday and Saturday nights.
Join code
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Eight 100-slot 50/50 arenas on US East 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. We built our 50v50 from the first line of code on 11 September 2026: read the history.

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Gameplay footage

Official trailer · BULKHEAD
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Why run with us

A-01

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.

A-02

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
Season 0215 OCT 2026

WARDOGS Season 02 lands

New weapons, new vehicles and major gameplay updates from BULKHEAD. We form up around it.

WARDOGS
League6 NOV 2026

AE League Season 1 kicks off

Teams of thirty, three factions a match, a knockout in waves. Friday and Saturday nights at wardogsarena.com.

WARDOGS
Launch10 SEP 2026

WARDOGS hit Early Access

Team17 & BULKHEAD shipped WARDOGS into Early Access. No battle pass, no pay-to-win. We formed up around it.

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Floor standings

Top players across every AE server · career, live
#OperatorKillsK/DPlaytimeBest match
01 MonkeyMan 7,252 1.99 272h 66
02 [PG] Bazajaytee1525 6,005 2.4 208h 77
03 [AE] Melvin 4,935 3.53 190h 99
04 [AE] Dr.D1sconnect 3,788 2.65 329h 40
05 neby 3,252 3.58 97h 77
06 Aheyai 3,235 3.66 96h 95
07 corayy 2,699 2.18 137h 36
08 [AE] Lt. Ladyboy 2,599 2.08 149h 51
09 [FRRY] =Revive= 2,492 4.15 57h 124
10 Cadenza 2,343 2.49 105h 51
Full leaderboard and search →
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Tournaments

Results reported live from the servers
The AE League plays every Friday and Saturday night.

Teams of thirty, three factions a match, a knockout in waves on our US East servers. Free to enter: sign your team up, or enter the draft as a solo player.

Enter the league
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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
  • Eight servers on US East
  • Guides, wiki and planning tools
  • Discord open
This week
  • AE League sign-up open
  • Midweek scrims from Mon 2 Nov
  • Marshal applications open
Next
  • AE League Season 1, 6 Nov
  • Weekly ops nights
  • Cross-crew events
Under review
  • APAC crew
  • Casual weekend nights
  • The cup between League seasons
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.

1,530
On the floor
612
Online now
14
In voice now
OCT 15
Season 02
Counts are live from the server · snapshot 2 minutes ago
WARDOGS
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. Out now in Early Access on Steam. 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. It is out now in Early Access.

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.

When did AE start 50v50?+

We wrote the first line of our 50v50 code on 11 September 2026, opened our first 50/50 server on 15 September 2026, put the automatic red v green balancer live on 16 September 2026 and released it as open source on 29 September 2026. The full record is at ae-gaming.com/50v50/history.

Why eight 50/50 servers?+

Demand. Eight 100-slot 50v50 KOTH arenas mean more room to drop straight into a full-scale fight without waiting for a slot. Same standard on every one. 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.