Overview
- Wildlight’s official site now returns a 404 and its LinkedIn page has been removed, according to new reports today.
- Highguard’s servers were shut down on March 12, about 45 days after release, following a final update.
- The studio executed mass layoffs last month that left only a small team to ship one last patch.
- Co-founder Chad Grenier indicated he is moving on, and his LinkedIn now shows his Wildlight role ending this month.
- Reports say Tencent was a primary backer and withdrew funding after a steep player decline from an early near-100,000 Steam peak.