Timeline
News and milestones
What has actually happened, in order, with a link to where each item came from. No roundups of other people's speculation.
- Confirmed
First-round invite deadline passes
The FirstLook hardware survey cut-off for the opening wave of Closed Alpha invites has gone. Signing up now means waiting on a later wave.
Read → - Confirmed
Closed Alpha set for 7–9 August
Bulkhead confirms the first public hands-on build: three days, Steam only, invite gated through the FirstLook programme.
Read → - Reported
100,000 Steam wishlists in three days
The Steam page clears 100,000 wishlists within 72 hours of the reveal — a strong signal for a studio targeting a few thousand concurrent players.
Read → - Confirmed
WARDOGS revealed by Bulkhead and Team17
Derby studio Bulkhead announces a 100-player, three-team shooter with Team17 publishing, targeting Steam Early Access in 2026.
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From the official channels
What Bulkhead and Team17 have actually said, quoted directly.
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What will be here
- Announcements quoted verbatim, with a link to the original
- Our note on what each one actually changes
- Sourced and status-labelled like everything else here
We would rather hold an empty page than fill it with guesses. The Closed Alpha runs 7–9 August →