Today, the long-awaited tactical FPS with 100-player battles, WARDOGS, launched its final closed beta, quickly attracting 160,000 players to try it out. This surge in interest may also be due to the publisher's generous $100,000 prize pool for a highlights contest. The game is scheduled for Early Access on September 11.
WARDOGS is a Total War-style first-person shooter that combines tactical gunfights, combined arms operations, and construction/destruction mechanics within a large-scale military sandbox supporting up to 100 players.
The game mode is inspired by King of the Hill. Three teams will compete on a 256-square-kilometer map to control a randomly generated 2x2 kilometer "control zone." The team with the most players inside the zone earns points, and the first team to reach 100 points wins. The random shifting of the control zone, combined with each player's unique tactical choices, ensures that every match is unique.
