Tencent-Tied Backing Linked to Wildlight's Highguard, Report Claims
TL;DR
Kotaku reports that Wildlight Entertainment’s four-year development of the free-to-play shooter Highguard may have been backed primarily by Tencent’s TiMi, a relationship the studio has kept private. Following mass layoffs and a steep drop in concurrent PC players, questions swirl about Highguard’s future as Wildlight’s site goes offline and roadmap details remain unclear.
- Highguard's Mysterious Funding Reportedly Came From Tencent Kotaku
- Sources: Tencent secretly funded struggling shooter Highguard Game File | Stephen Totilo
- Tencent Was Quietly Backing Highguard Studio, According to Report IGN
- As Highguard's website goes dark, a report emerges that the not-so-indie shooter was funded by Tencent Rock Paper Shotgun
- Tencent Secretly Funded the Development of the Failed Shooter Highguard - Media IXBT.games
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