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Wildlight Shutting Down Highguard on March 12; Final Update Adds New Warden, Weapon, Skill Trees
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Highguard is playing its final match: Wildlight shuts down March 12.

One minute it’s chasing the live-service crown, the next it’s offline for good. Brutal game over.

#Highguard #Wildlight #ShooterGames #GamingNews #GameEels

Highguard is Shutting Down; Concord Resurrectionist Offers Help The final nail in the coffin of Highguard has landed: it shuts down on March 12. However, a dev behind a Concord revival has offered help.

In a sea of live service games, Highguard is drowning. But someone's thrown the game a life preserver!

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Am I inordinately pleased with that pun? Yes. Yes I am.

#Wildlight #Ancify #Highguard #LawBreakers #Concord #Hyenas #GamingNews

Highguard giunge alla fine: i server verranno messi offline Wildlight Entertainment è stato uno studio incredibilmente sfortunato quanto ambizioso con Highguard. Lo studio si aspettava di poter rivaleggiare con altri esponenti del genere hero-shooter competitivi, come Apex Legends (da cui provenivano diverse persone dello studio), sottovalutando la forza degli altri brand e sopravvalutando la propria formula, che non è riuscita ad attecchire. A causa di un progressivo abbandono degli utenti, nonostante i costanti aggiornamenti, Wildlight ha preso la decisione di spegnere i server di Highguard, che rimarrà giocabile fino al 12 marzo.

🛑 Addio a #Highguard. Wildlight Entertainment spegnerà i server il 12 marzo. Nonostante le radici in Apex Legends, il titolo non ha retto la sfida. Tencent ritira i fondi: causando licenziamenti per il team.
L'ultimo update sarà presto disponibile. 🎮

#GamingNews #Wildlight #HeroShooter #TechNews

Highguard: Der Sechs-Wochen-Shooter und das GaaS-Trümmerfeld Nur 6 Wochen nach Launch ist Schluss für Highguard. Ein Kommentar über das Rekord-Scheitern, Tencents Rolle und das Schweigen über das Geld der Spieler.

Highguard geht offline. 6 Wochen Live-Service sind ein weiteres Rekordtief. Ein Kommentar zum GaaS- Desaster. 💀🎮 #Highguard #Gaming #GaaS #Wildlight #Tencent #Meinung

Wildlight Confirms Highguard Is Shutting Down On March 12
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Highguard Servers Go Offline March 12 After Funding Pull & Layoffs | SavePoint Gaming Wildlight will shut down Highguard servers on March 12 after layoffs and funding loss, with one final update arriving soon.

Highguard is shutting down March 12. One last update is coming with a new character, weapons, progression and a skill tree. #Highguard #Wildlight

Highguard terá servidores desligados em março após queda de jogadores e última atualização anunciada pela Wildlight

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#encerramentodejogo #fimdeservidores #highguard #jogoonline #servidoresdesligados #shooterderaid #thegameawards #wildlight

Highguard to Permanently Shut Down on March 12, Wildlight to Release One Final Update With a New Warden, a New Weapon, Skill Trees, and More Wildlight has announced that it will be permanently shutting down Highguard on March 12. Before then, it will release one final update that adds a new Warden, a new weapon, account level progression, and skill trees for those who want to get their final matches in.

Highguard shutting down March 12, but getting one final update with new Warden, weapon & skill trees. Will this sendoff satisfy fans? 💥
#Wildlight #PCGaming

Highguard geht offline: Wildlight zieht offiziell den Stecker Nur sechs Wochen nach Launch ist Schluss: Wildlight zieht bei Highguard den Stecker. Tencent-Rückzug und Spielermangel besiegeln das Schicksal des Shooters.

Highguard ist tot. Sechs Wochen nach Launch schaltet Wildlight die Server ab. Tencent zieht das Geld ab. 📉💀 #Highguard #GamingNews #Wildlight #Tencent #Fail #LiveService

Highguard-Analyse: Warum der 3v3-Fokus den Shooter isoliert dastehen lässt Wildlight kämpft bei Highguard mit Spielerschwund. Ex-Level-Designer Alex Graner nennt harten 3v3-Fokus und mangelnde Casual-Zugänglichkeit als Hauptgründe.

Highguard im freien Fall: Ex-Designer Alex Graner kritisiert harten 3v3-Fokus. Zu "schwitzig" für den Massenmarkt? 📉🎯 #Highguard #Wildlight #GamingNews #PCGaming #FPS

Tencent's Secret Bet on Highguard Collapsed in Two Weeks Tencent's TiMi Studio Group secretly funded Wildlight Entertainment, then pulled backing just two weeks after Highguard's troubled launch, gutting a 100-person team.

Tencent's Secret Bet on Highguard Collapsed in Two Weeks

#Highguard #Tencent #GameIndustry #Wildlight #LiveService #AusNews

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When 'Competitive' Becomes a Curse Word: The Highguard Post-Mortem Former Wildlight level designer Alex Graner says Highguard leaned too far into competitive 3v3 play, helping drive a catastrophic player collapse after launch.

When 'Competitive' Becomes a Curse Word: The Highguard Post-Mortem

#Highguard #LiveService #GameDesign #Wildlight #GamingNews #AusNews

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Former Highguard level designer suggests "sweaty" competitive 3v3 play "was the biggest thing that turned a lot of players off"

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• Highguard's competitive 3v3 mode turned off many players 🚫 #Highguard #Wildlight
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Did Toxic Positivity Kill Highguard?
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Highguard barely has several hundred people playing together each day - can an incoming all-out action mode reverse its fate?

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• Highguard gets action mode to boost player base 🚀 #Highguard #Wildlight
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Highguard's Mysterious Funding Reportedly Came From Tencent The struggling hero shooter recently suffered mass layoffs

Marketed as from an indie developer-led studio turns out to be fully funded in secret by China's Tencent TiMi studio group. As for why this is "sensitive", remember the #Blitzchung debacle of 2019 involving #Tencent and #Blizzard ?🤣🤣🤣 #Highguard #Wildlight #gaming kotaku.com/highguard-wi...

Is Highguard shutting down? Dev reveals what's really happening While there have been a number of things to suggest an uncertain future for Highguard, culminating in speculation it could be shut down completely, a developer has revealed what's really going on.High...

What exactly is going on with Highguard? A developer has revealed all

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Highguard Website Goes Dark in Light of Tencent Controversy Struggling PvP shooter Highguard has experienced fresh trouble as claims surface it was secretly funded by Tencent; website goes offline.

Could #Highguard be gearing up for a relaunch, à la #Splitgate?

Or is #Wildlight simply hiding from the recent #Tencent funding accusation?

No one knows!

OR DO THEY?

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Highguard Dev Who Just Lost His Job Calls Out Toxic Online Reaction - Kotaku A former artist at Wildlight says Highguard and its team of 'passionate' devs deserved 'better than this'

A former artist at #Wildlight says #Highguard and its team of 'passionate' #devs deserved 'better than this'.
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Highguard developer lays off staff and gamers are in disbelief for one key reason Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has laid off some of its staff and gamers online are in disbelief because of one key detail.Wildlight confirmed this in a statement posted on X / Twitter."W...

Gamers can't believe Wildlight has laid off some of its staff so soon after the launch of Highguard

#Highguard #Wildlight #Gaming

Picture this:

You’re an employee at respawn. Some higher ups sweep you off your feet with promises of being an indie dev.

So you leave. And you make highguard.

And two weeks after release those same people lay you off. Wtf.

#highguard #gamedev #wildlightentertainment #wildlight

Say what you want about the game, but the way this was handled from top to bottom was the worst.

I hope for the best for the team!

Highguard dev hit with mass layoffs as "most of the team at Wildlight" is let go

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Highguard Developer Wildlight Confirms Layoffs, Support For The Game Will Continue
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Crisi Wildlight: il team di Highguard si restringe Attraverso una comunicazione su X, tramite l'account ufficiale Wildlight, lo studio dietro Highguard conferma i licenziamenti attuati durante la giornata di ieri. Al tempo stesso, conferma di "mantenere attivo un gruppo ristretto di sviluppatori, per continuare a innovare e supportare il gioco". Non ci sono ulteriori comunicazioni, dunque non è chiaro se lo studio disponga di personale sufficiente per portare avanti la roadmap presentata o se disponga di qualche asso nella manica.

Nuvole grigie su #Highguard. Wildlight ufficializza i tagli al personale: resterà solo un nucleo ristretto di dev. Riusciranno a gestire il supporto e i nuovi contenuti o il progetto è a rischio? Fateci sapere cosa ne pensate. 🎮

#HighguardGame #Wildlight

Highguard : Le Hero Shooter Qui S’est écrasé En Plein Vol - Lecontrechamp Après Riot, le studio Wildlight (Highguard) licencie la quasi-totalité de son équipe. Analyse d'un désastre et d'une industrie du jeu vidéo en plein naufrage.

Le cauchemar continue... Après Riot, c'est au tour de Wildlight Entertainment (Highguard) de licencier presque toute l'équipe quelques semaines après la sortie.

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Blitzentscheidung bei Wildlight: Highguard macht 5v5 zur Dauerlösung Das ging fix: Nur drei Tage nach dem Start des "experimentellen" Wochenendes verkündet Wildlight Entertainment, dass der 5v5-Raid-Modus ab sofort ein dauerhafter Bestandteil von Highguard bleibt. Dami...

Das ging fix: 5v5 ist in Highguard ab sofort permanent! 🏹

Wildlight zieht nach nur drei Tagen die Konsequenz aus dem massiven Spieler-Feedback und den internen Daten.

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#Highguard #Wildlight #GamingNews #Shooter #RaidMode

Highguard polarisierend, aber unterschätzt: Spieler entdecken den Shooter erst nach Stunden Highguard startet kontrovers: Game Awards-Reveal polarisiert, erste Patches und Modi zeigen Potenzial für Wachstum – Diskutiert mit uns!

Highguard polarisiert nach Launch & Game Awards-Reveal! Patch & 5v5-Modus da – Chance oder Flop? 🎮🔥 #Highguard #FPS #GamingNews #Wildlight #LiveService #GameAwards