When does WARDOGS come out?
Closed Beta: 21 August 17:00 UTC–24 August 02:00 UTC. Steam Early Access on 10 September 2026. Version 1.0 has no calendar date.
Release date
War Dogs is in Early Access
Public Bulkhead and Team17 dates: closed beta 21–23 August 2026, Steam Early Access since 10 September 2026. Version 1.0 has no calendar date; Early Access is sketched at 1–2 years.
| Closed Beta | 21–23 August 2026 |
|---|---|
| Server window | 21 Aug 17:00 UTC → 24 Aug 02:00 UTC |
| Early Access | 10 September 2026 |
| Platform | PC, Steam |
| 1.0 | not announced |
The hour we used on 10 September
The studio has never named an unlock time — the storefront carries a date and nothing else. Everything below counts from 17:00 UTC, the hour the closed beta opened. A bearing, not a promise. The moment an official time lands, this table gets rewritten.
| City | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles (PT) | 10 Sep | 10:00 |
| Chicago (CT) | 10 Sep | 12:00 |
| New York (ET) | 10 Sep | 13:00 |
| São Paulo | 10 Sep | 14:00 |
| London | 10 Sep | 18:00 |
| Berlin, Paris, Warsaw | 10 Sep | 19:00 |
| Kyiv, Istanbul | 10 Sep | 20:00 |
| Moscow | 10 Sep | 20:00 |
| Dubai | 10 Sep | 21:00 |
| Delhi | 10 Sep | 22:30 |
| Beijing | 11 Sep | 01:00 |
| Tokyo, Seoul | 11 Sep | 02:00 |
| Sydney | 11 Sep | 03:00 |
Daylight time is accounted for: on 10 September Europe and North America are still on DST, Australia is not. Asia wakes up on the 11th.
Whatever the clock says, the first hour usually goes to something other than playing. On 21 August people queued and decided the servers were dead — it was a bug on the studio backend. The everyone-or-just-me counter →
What the studio promises at Early Access
This is not rumour retold: in the 'Why Early Access' block the studio itself lists what works on 10 September.
- 100 players, three teams, large maps with dynamic objective zones.
- Progression on cash and XP — not on cash alone, as is often written.
- Gunplay 'balanced for gameplay rather than simulation' — the studio's own wording.
- Vehicles, logistics and support as full roles.
- Proximity voice chat in the match.
What is filed for later
The studio's plans for the Early Access period, again from the storefront. None of these has a date — it is a list of directions, not a schedule.
- New vehicle types, fighter jets among them.
- Expanded weapon categories and additional objective variations.
- Deeper progression and a seasonal meta — the studio calls this the primary focus, ahead of new maps.
- More maps, weapons and vehicles — but in that order of priority.
One line worth reading literally: the Early Access price is deliberately lower, and the studio plans to raise it closer to full release. Anyone waiting for a post-launch discount is waiting for the wrong thing.
You have the date — what next
Launch Alert
One mail on Early Access day — what actually changed after the beta. No spam.
Storefront source: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1867240/WARDOGS/