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The latest news and rumors about Highguard for today and 2026. Here you will find all the news about Highguard updates, learn the release date for PC, when the game will be available on other platforms, and other announcements. We will also write about the system requirements of Highguard for PC, about pirate cracks, and the appearance of the game on torrents, where it can be downloaded for free.
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PlayStation 5 owners have started making massive refunds for Crimson Desert. It is noteworthy that the PS Store does return money, although it is not usually famous for such generosity, PlayStation LifeStyle reports.
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March 24, 2026

PlayStation 5 owners have started receiving refunds for money spent on in-game purchases in Highguard. At the same time, gamers note that they did not ask for this and would be more pleased with the full-fledged work of the project, Insider Gaming reports.
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March 18, 2026

It seems that Wildlight Entertainment studio, responsible for the failed shooter Highguard, has closed. This was noticed by the journalists of the MP1st portal.
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March 18, 2026

The controversial online shooter Highguard has now vanished from digital storefronts. The game was removed just 45 days after its release, despite being free-to-play.
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March 12, 2026

Highguard had a pretty good player retention rate, it can be compared to Apex Legends. This was stated by game director Chad Grenier, who decided to show internal statistics against the background of the upcoming closure of the game servers.
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March 4, 2026

Wildlight Entertainment has announced the imminent closure of Highguard. The servers for the free-to-play hero shooter, developed by a team of Apex Legends and Call of Duty veterans, will go offline on March 12.
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March 3, 2026

Jason Schreier of Bloomberg has published a detailed report on how Wildlight Entertainment — a studio founded by Respawn veterans — lost most of its team just two weeks after launch. The key word in the piece is “hubris.” That’s how former employees describe the core reason behind the failure.
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February 27, 2026

Blogger and streamer Dr Disrespect (4.4 million subscribers on YouTube) has once again found himself at the center of a scandal. This time it was due to an attempt to falsify the partnership agreement with Marathon. The game developers immediately denied everything.
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February 26, 2026

The authors of Highguard failed because they did not rely on the opinion of the players during development, as did the creators of ARC Raiders. Otherwise, the project would have a better chance of success. This is what the Windows Central edition writes about.
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February 24, 2026

Wildlight Entertainment has announced a new patch (dropping this week) for the free-to-play raid shooter Highguard, a game that’s recently found itself at the center of controversy and backlash from gamers.
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February 19, 2026

Restoring the official Highguard website is not a priority for developers, even despite the reputational losses. The game's authors are currently focused on updates and content, said one of the developers in the Highguard Discord community.
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February 18, 2026

Chinese tech giant Tencent, through its TiMi Studio Group division, secretly financed the development of Highguard for four years. That’s according to sources cited by Game File, which reported the details.
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February 18, 2026

Less than a month after the launch of the free-to-play raid shooter Highguard, the game is once again facing negative headlines—this time due to the official website, PlayHighguard.com, going offline. The site now only displays the logo and the message “This site is currently unavailable,” along with a support email. The website has been down for several hours, fueling rumors about the project’s possible imminent shutdown.
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February 17, 2026

It’s been just three weeks since the launch of the free-to-play raid shooter Highguard, but the game has already lost nearly all of its player base—about 98%. Currently, only 45% of reviews are positive.
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February 16, 2026

The author of the original Painkiller and parts of the Gears of War series, Adrian Chmielarz criticized the developers of Highguard. He called it amazing that over the years, none of the hundreds of employees had noticed how much the game was failing.
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February 16, 2026

Former Wildlight Entertainment employee and technical artist Josh Sobel has criticized how players and content creators reacted to Highguard following its announcement and launch, arguing that this response directly affected the game’s fate.
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February 14, 2026

Highguard received positive reviews prior to its announcement at The Game Awards. However, after the presentation of the trailer, everything went downhill. This was stated by technical artist Josh Sobel, who was fired by Wildlight Entertainment.
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February 13, 2026

Geoff Keighley, the host of The Game Awards, who promoted Highguard, became disillusioned with Wildlight Entertainment Studio after massive staff cuts. The journalist wrote about this on social networks.
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February 12, 2026

Wildlight Entertainment has laid
off most of the development team behind the shooter Highguard just two weeks after the game’s release. The news was shared by level designer Alex Graner on LinkedIn.
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February 12, 2026

The developers of Highguard continue to develop the game after a disastrous launch. This time, the authors decided to add rating battles, as well as new heroes and locations.
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February 6, 2026

Developers decided to leave the 5v5 raid mode in Highguard forever. This was announced by the game developers after an experiment conducted over the weekend.
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February 3, 2026

Dusty Welch — CEO of Wildlight Studio, responsible for Highguard, is not sure if it was worth announcing the game at The Game Awards 2025. According to the developer, this situation will become an example for the authors of other games in the future.
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January 31, 2026

Developers of the free‑to‑play action game Highguard have released an update headlined by an experimental 5v5 Raid mode, which is only available for a limited time over the current weekend.
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January 31, 2026

Swen Vincke, head of Larian Studios and creator of Baldur’s Gate 3, has spoken out against toxic criticism directed at game developers. The trigger was a wave of negative reviews aimed at the PvP shooter Highguard on Steam — many of them written by users with less than three hours played.
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January 30, 2026

Single player mode may appear in Highguard in two years. Wildlight co-founders Dusty Welch and Chad Grenier told TheGamer about the game's future plans.
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January 27, 2026

The PvP shooter Highguard from Wildlight Entertainment launched just weeks after its controversial announcement at The Game Awards, which left audiences more confused than excited. Studio CEO and co-founder Dusty Welch admitted that the reaction to the reveal was not what the team had hoped for. According to him, the developers closely monitored feedback and understand that the game could have been presented differently.
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January 27, 2026

Today (January 26) saw the release of the team-based raid shooter Highguard, which launched as a free-to-play title. The game has already received its first wave of reviews on Steam, and at the time of writing, it’s sitting at a dismal 17% approval rating.
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January 26, 2026

The free-to-play online shooter Highguard, developed by Wildlight Entertainment, has officially launched on PC (Steam), PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Within hours of release, the Steam player count soared past 77,000, resulting in server queues as demand spiked.
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January 26, 2026

A story is gaining popularity online that the popular blogger TheMacroShow (1.39 million subscribers on YouTube) was paid with a sandwich to participate in an event dedicated to the new shooter Highguard. This contrasts with the audience's suspicions that the closed screening was paid for.
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January 26, 2026

There’s been a lot of mystery surrounding Highguard, the upcoming live-service shooter from Wildlight Entertainment, but a key detail has now come to light. Contrary to popular belief, the developers did not pay for the game’s spotlight during the finale of The Game Awards 2025.
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January 17, 2026

Thanks to the trusty folks at SteamDB, we now know the most wishlisted games heading into January on Steam! Topping the list is the zombie apocalypse survival simulator, Quarantine Zone: The Last Check.
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December 24, 2025

Wildlight Entertainment, a studio founded by former developers of Apex Legends and Titanfall, has unveiled Highguard, a new PvP raid shooter. Players take control of Wardens, arcane gunslingers battling for control over a mythical continent.
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December 12, 2025