WARDOGS lifts the Closed Alpha embargo; our 25-weapon roster goes live
Bulkhead has told playtesters they are free to share gameplay, screenshots and streams from the 7–9 August Closed Alpha. We have published the full weapon roster we recorded in the vendor.
Bulkhead has lifted the content embargo on the 7–9 August Closed Alpha. The notice went to playtesters by email, headed “CLOSED ALPHA EMBARGO”:
“Thank you for taking part in the WARDOGS Closed Alpha weekend and for respecting the NDA throughout. You are now free to share gameplay, screenshots and streams from the Closed Alpha.”
It closes the question that had been open since the alpha ended, and it lands the same day as the Early Access date and pre-orders. The email signs off pointing at what comes next: “And we are only getting started. The Beta is next!”
What we have published
We played the alpha and photographed every tab of the Equipment vendor. That capture has sat in a staging file since 8 August, imported by nothing, because the embargo covered written detail as well as footage.
It is now live: 25 weapons across seven vendor tabs →
Three things worth knowing about that list before you read it as gospel:
- It is not the shipping game. Bulkhead confirmed 37 weapons at Early Access launch. We recorded 25 in the alpha build.
- It may not even be every alpha weapon. Only one faction was played, and we cannot yet rule out faction-gated vendor stock.
- No prices. Every vendor card displayed $0 against a $0 header balance, while gear in the same session showed real prices. That is a display we cannot explain rather than a price, so nothing carries a cost.
The vendor does not match the marketing
Bulkhead has publicly described six weapon categories — assault rifles, SMGs, LMGs, sniper rifles, sidearms and launchers. The alpha vendor sorted primaries into seven tabs: assault rifle, SMG, shotgun, LMG, marksman rifle, sniper and bows. Sidearms turned out to be an equipment slot rather than a tab, and no launcher tab appeared at all.
One correction we owe. In March we were sharp about outlets naming real-world “lookalikes” spotted in trailer footage — an M4, a KH-2002, a Galil, an AK74, a FAL — on the grounds that resemblance is not evidence. Having now seen the vendor, that list was closer than we gave it credit for. Guessing right still is not the same as knowing, but credit where it is due.