Overview
- Servers went live at 10:00 am PT/1:00 pm ET as the studio ran a launch showcase with a gameplay deep dive and year-one plans.
- The free-to-play shooter supports cross-play and cross-progression across Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
- Wildlight describes Highguard as a PvP raid shooter built around multi-phase 3v3 matches that pivot on controlling the Shieldbreaker to trigger base raids or defenses.
- Monetization avoids loot boxes with direct-purchase cosmetics capped near $20 and optional non-expiring War Chests priced around $9, per developer briefings.
- The studio says the first post-launch Episode arrives in two weeks with a new Warden, a new map, a ranked mode and a new mount type, with early hands-on reports broadly positive despite pre-launch skepticism.