Its trailer got a prime Game Awards slot, but the online shooter has failed to find a large audience.
The competitive shooter failed to maintain an audience, dropping almost 90% in the two weeks since its launch.
The Game Awards host and organizer Geoff Keighley was among those who were psyched about Highguard based on its early tests. Keighley loved the game so much that he gave Wildlight the option to have ...
One of the rare examples of a truly purposeful early access development, the shiver-inducing first-person survival sim then released regular significant updates, each developing its core ideas in new ...
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Major January 2026 PS5 Games Bombed, Layoffs Followed
At least two major PS5 games released in January 2026 have already bombed, leading to layoffs and debates over development choices. Both 2XKO and Highguard failed to woo players over, and within days ...
It may not be a tale as old as time, but over the last few years, it’s been a very familiar one. Studio launches live-service ...
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Highguard developer Wildight Entertainment announces layoffs less than a month after release
Wildlight Entertainment reveals some bad news for Highguard and its development team less than a month after the game's controversial launch.
Wildlight Entertainment has confirmed it has laid off an unspecified number of staff, just weeks after the launch of ...
Former lead technical artist Josh Sobel says false assumptions and ragebait were major contributors to Highguard's failure to ...
Wildlight Entertainment, the studio behind Highguard, has laid off a large portion of its dev team. The game went live just a ...
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