Bulkhead is running its own games showcase. The FPS Games Show airs 3 September at 7pm BST, live on Twitch, with 16 shooters confirmed and an exclusive promised from every one, a week before WARDOGS enters Early Access on 10 September. The reason it exists is a number: the studio says it was quoted $300,000 for a 60-second trailer slot at an existing showcase, and decided the money bought more as a show of its own.
Why Bulkhead built its own show
The reasoning in the video is unusually blunt for a marketing announcement, so it is worth quoting rather than paraphrasing.
"We obviously need to get WARDOGS out there and we were looking at the calendar for upcoming showcases and there genuinely weren't that many options. We didn't exactly fancy paying $300,000 for a 60-second slot."
The second objection is fit, not cost:
"The problem is we'd be next to some massive single-player games, celebrity endorsements and all that kind of stuff… if you're an FPS player who watches those kind of showcases, there might only be like one or two games that you're actually interested in."
Treat the figure with care. The $300,000 is Bulkhead's account of a quote it received, and the showcase that quoted it is never named, so there is nothing to check it against. The idea itself is days old by the studio's own telling: it started with a phone call straight after an internal alpha session, and the name was settled in the same conversation.
Who's going to be at the FPS Games Show. Sixteen games, two anchors
The show's official account published the lineup on 19 August, promising an exclusive from each of sixteen games. It supersedes the four or five names Bulkhead floated in the announcement video.
| Game | Account |
|---|---|
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | @Rainbow6Game |
| Escape from Tarkov | @tarkov |
| Ready or Not | @VOIDInteractive |
| WARDOGS | @WARDOGS |
| Gray Zone Warfare | @GrayZoneWarfare |
| SCUM | @ScumGame |
| STALZONE | @stalzone_game |
| Hell Let Loose: Vietnam | @hell_let_loose |
| Beautiful Light | @beautifullight |
| Bellum | @PlayBellum |
| Incursion: Red River | @IncursionRR |
| Road to Vostok | @roadtovostok |
| SAND | @sandthegame |
| Bodycam | @ReissadStudio |
| '83 | @83thegame |
| Terminal War | @TerminalWarGame |
Rainbow Six Siege and Escape from Tarkov carry the bill. They are the two largest live shooters on it by some distance, and the reason this card reads as a real showcase rather than an indie roundup. Hell Let Loose: Vietnam shares a publisher with WARDOGS in Team17, the one relationship on the list that is not purely goodwill. The rest is mid-size and independent: Road to Vostok, Bodycam, Bellum, Incursion, SAND. That is exactly the crowd Bulkhead argued gets squeezed out of the general showcases.
Two rules were stated for taking part: the game has to be an FPS, and every studio has to bring something exclusive. The first rule is already bending. Terminal War calls itself a competitive third-person shooter in its own account bio, and SCUM plays in third person by default. Bulkhead also says no money has changed hands for any slot. Paid placement is the norm for third-party showcases, so if that claim holds it is the most interesting one in the announcement. It is also the one claim nobody outside the studio can verify.
What WARDOGS is revealing at the show. Nobody knows yet
"We have a pretty massive reveal for WARDOGS, but I don't think anyone will see coming."
No detail follows, and nothing else in the video narrows it down. What the schedule says: the reveal lands seven days before Early Access and roughly ten days after the Closed Beta on 21–23 August.
Bulkhead's own description of the format: "No cringey skits, live music, just FPS games from FPS devs for FPS players."
What this does not change
- The release date is unchanged. Steam still lists Early Access for 10 September 2026.
- Pricing is unchanged. $39.99 for Early Access, $49.99 for the Supporter Edition, pre-orders live. The full price breakdown covers the stair-step to $59.99 at 1.0.
- Console plans are unchanged. Still stated intent with no date.
- The running order is still unknown. Sixteen games are confirmed, but not the order they appear in, how long the show runs or who hosts it.
How to watch the FPS Games Show
The FPS Games Show streams 3 September, 7pm BST, live on Twitch. The date and time come from the show's own account and key art. The specific Twitch channel has not been named yet. 7pm BST is 2pm ET, 11am PT and 8pm CEST.
Last verified 19 August 2026 against the Bulkhead announcement video, the FPS Games Show lineup post, and the WARDOGS Steam store page. Should you pre-order? → · The 10 reasons devlog, decoded → · What is WARDOGS? →
