Wildlight Entertainment Nears Shutdown After Highguard Debacle
TL;DR
Wildlight Entertainment, the studio behind the shooter Highguard, appears likely to close after a rocky launch that saw concurrent players crater and Tencent withdraw funding; the studio’s website and LinkedIn vanished, servers shut down on March 12, and co-founder Chad Grenier indicated there may be no future for Wildlight, suggesting the company is winding down after founding in 2021.
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