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Highguard To Shut Down March 12 After Less Than Two Months Online

Wildlight cites insufficient revenue from a shrinking player base.

Overview

  • Servers will stay up until March 12, with a final update this week adding a new Warden, a new weapon, account level progression, and skill trees.
  • Wildlight says more than 2 million people tried the free-to-play shooter, but retention and spending did not support continued development.
  • SteamDB figures show a launch peak near 97,000 concurrent players on January 26 before falling to the low thousands and later below 1,000.
  • The studio laid off most staff in February and is reported to have fewer than 20 employees remaining.
  • Bloomberg reported Tencent backed the project and withdrew funding after missed metrics, while the game director said revenue was not enough to keep staff employed.