Just over a month after it launched, the axe has fallen on the troubled PvP shooter Highguard. Developer Wildlight Entertainment announced today that the game’s next update will be its last, and it will be taken offline on March 12.
“Since launch, more than 2 million players stepped into Highguard’s world,” Wildlight wrote in an announcement shared on X. “You shared feedback, created content, and many believed in what we were building. For that, we are deeply grateful.
It’s an unfortunate ending, but not a surprising one: Wildlight had already laid off “most of the staff” in February, just 16 days after launch. The studio said at the time that it would “continue innovating on and supporting the game,” but with player counts continuing to sag, and Highguard mired in “mixed” user reviews, it’s fair to say that a turnaround was never likely to happen.
It’s kind of sad that Highguard’s final update promises to be a big one, with a new playable character, a new weapon, account level progression, and skill trees. It’s a reminder that Wildlight had big plans for the future of the game, and that Highguard itself was neither a bad game nor a massive flop (had expectations been set correctly): It was just overwhelmed in a genre that’s already overcrowded by great games.
“From all of us at Wildlight, thank you for playing, for supporting us, and for being part of Highguard’s story,” Wildlight concluded. Highguard’s final update is expected to be out either tonight or tomorrow morning.
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