Highguard shutters down weeks after debut
Wildlight Entertainment’s free-to-play hero shooter Highguard will permanently shut down, with servers halting on March 12, just weeks after its January release. The studio, whose team includes veterans from Call of Duty, Apex Legends and Titanfall, laid off staff two weeks after launch as player numbers dwindled—from near 100k PC players and 380k Twitch viewers at launch to a fraction of that later—leading to the decision despite prior plans for a year’s worth of updates. The developers thanked players and invited one final round of matches before the shutdown.
