‘Call Of Duty’ and ‘Battlefield’ rival ‘Wardogs’ has had a huge launch despite queue to play

Wardogs, a brand new first-person shooter to rival Call Of Duty and Battlefield, has had an absolutely huge launch despite queues to play. READ MORE: How NBA 2K became the evolved rap version of FIFA’s indie-obsessed soundtrack Wardogs launched in Early Access yesterday evening (September 10) and, according to developers Bulkhead, has already sold more than 1.25million copies. It’s racked up some big numbers on Steam as well, with a concurrent player peak of 340,000 last night and more than 180,000 people playing now (via SteamDB). In fact, Wardogs’ launch was so big, it overwhelmed Bulkhead’s servers. Despite several test events where they invited players to “obliterate our servers”, Wardogs bosses had to take the game offline yesterday to restart it, and then implemented a queue to ensure it stayed online. Things have calmed down now though, with players able to jump into the online shooter without issue. There we go. Thankyou for your patience.Apologies for the delays. We'll see you on the servers. https://t.co/jKni3ymumg pic.twitter.com/ewJrZUfNrA — WARDOGS (@WARDOGS) September 10, 2026 According to the game’s official description, “Wardogs is a tactical all out warfare first-p...