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Does WARDOGS wipe every season?
Does WARDOGS wipe every season? Nobody has confirmed that it does. Bulkhead has confirmed exactly one wipe — Season 2, Thursday 15 October 2026 — and that is the game's first progression wipe. They…
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Notes from the stream
Karl writes here in his own words: game takes, what's changing on papakow.com, and how the community stuff works. No SEO filler, no ghostwriters.
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Battlefield 6 Season 5 'Siege of Vegas' confirmed: new maps, Rapid Royale, Gauntlet cut
EA detailed Season 5's Vegas maps, vehicle/AA rebalance and a long-awaited Server Browser, but cutting Gauntlet from REDSEC has split the community.
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ARC Raiders goes free Oct 8–12 as Frozen Trail drops its biggest update yet
A four-day free trial across Steam, Xbox and PlayStation coincides with the Frozen Trail 2.0 update, new Pendola Pass map and a contentious new battle pass.
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WARDOGS pulls IR Rangefinders, halves CWIS kill time on Havoc in same-day hotfix
Bulkhead shipped a security/stability patch and a balance hotfix on Friday, nerfing the controversial IR Rangefinder and walking back last patch's CWIS buff.
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THE FINALS: Weekly 11.12 update live, Sponsor Showdown returns — big Oct 20 'PRIME TIME' chapter confirmed
A routine patch brings back Sponsor Showdown and an XP boost, while Embark confirms a major destruction and arena overhaul for 20 October.
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Embark vows permanent bans, no warnings for ARC Raiders cheaters ahead of Frozen Trail
Three days before the Frozen Trail update, Embark detailed anti-cheat progress including instant permanent bans, tighter hardware bans and an 85% drop in queue-teaming.
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Delta Force tunes Detonation's FS-12 shotgun, opens Arcflare draw as 2027 roadmap looms
A small balance patch lands days after the Detonation beta and Black Hawk Down-inspired Mog map, with Siege: Valkyrie and a new Warfare map confirmed for the year ahead.
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BF6: error prompt bug probed, Below Radar U-turn, Top Gun skins unlocked for all classes
A busy 30 Sep for Battlefield 6 saw devs investigate a loading-screen error, walk back a Season 5 AA change, and ship a small QoL patch.
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WARDOGS 0.1.2 fixes WD-L020 crash, closes cash/XP exploits, threatens permanent bans
A minor patch shipped 30/09/2026 kills a Windows 11 launch crash, locks down economy exploits and warns repeat exploiters face bans without warning.
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BF6 Update 1.4.3.5: small QoL patch fixes minimap, Wake Island bugs, unlocks Top Gun skins
A stability-focused patch lands mid-week while Proximity Chat stays disabled and Steam reviews remain split.
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ARC Raiders 1.48.0 adds free Misthorn recolours, pauses updates for Frozen Trail
A minor cosmetic patch grants two new Misthorn Set colourways automatically while Embark clears the runway for the 8 October Frozen Trail update.
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Are clans farming the Clean Sweep achievement on official WARDOGS servers?
Are clans farming the Clean Sweep achievement on official WARDOGS servers? Yes, at least on one OCE server on Monday 21 September 2026. PapaKow joined an official casual server where a coordinated…