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WARDOGS playtest dates and the September beta finish
The latest announced WARDOGS beta cutoff, previous testing milestones, time-zone conversions and the separate Early Access date.
The announced WARDOGS beta window has passed: its cutoff was Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 08:00 UTC. BULKHEAD's September 5 notice changed the closed test to an open beta until that deadline. As checked on September 8, that notice does not announce a replacement test.
What the open-beta announcement changed
The September 1 plan admitted Steam Playtest invitees in waves. On September 5, BULKHEAD announced open access while retaining the Sunday cutoff. Read the Beta 02 briefing for the systems behind that scale test. The change in admission rules did not turn the temporary test into the paid release.
September 6 cutoff in local time
| Location | Scheduled finish |
|---|---|
| UTC | September 6, 08:00 |
| US Pacific (PDT) | September 6, 01:00 |
| US Eastern (EDT) | September 6, 04:00 |
| UK (BST) | September 6, 09:00 |
| Central Europe (CEST) | September 6, 10:00 |
| China (UTC+8) | September 6, 16:00 |
These are conversions of the published UTC cutoff, not separate regional windows. An announced window also does not prove that every server is healthy at a particular moment. If login fails during the scheduled period, follow the access-denied checks.
Confirmed testing milestones
| Date | What the official announcement establishes |
|---|---|
| August 21–23 | The previous Closed Beta weekend |
| August 24 | BULKHEAD confirmed that weekend had ended |
| September 1 | Beta 02 announced as a staged scale test after The FPS Games Show |
| September 3, 19:00 UTC | Beta start listed in the Steam store's pre-purchase offer, checked September 8 |
| September 5 | The closed test changed to an open beta |
| September 6, 08:00 UTC | Scheduled end of the open window |
The August dates come from the pre-order announcement and subsequent recap. The current store offer lists a 19:00 UTC beta start; the Beta 02 announcement lists The FPS Games Show at 18:00 UTC and describes testing after the show. These refer to different events. Neither timestamp measures when servers actually became reachable. The test was on Steam for Windows PC.
What about September 10?
September 10 is the announced Steam Early Access release date. It is a different event from a temporary beta weekend. The release-date page covers that milestone and the absence of a confirmed finished-release date.
For another test, use a newly dated announcement from BULKHEAD or the Steam news feed. Do not infer a repeating weekend schedule from the previous sessions. The cited announcements do not confirm a new post-September-6 beta or region-specific replacement sessions.
The current access route is the Steam Playtest entry. See how to check beta access for the account and client checks; an old invitation or installed client does not extend the published window.
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