Highguard developer Wildlight Leisure has confirmed a new patch is in the works after points associated to its official web site sparked fears that a full shutdown was imminent.
The already troubled multiplayer shooter’s first month in gamers’ fingers took a flip for the worse earlier this week when followers seen entry to its official web site had been closed off with out warning. With all that remained of playhighguard.com being a “website unavailable” message and social media hyperlinks, many believed the full expertise, which launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S simply weeks in the past, would quickly be taken offline for good.
As issues that Highguard might quickly go the manner of Harmony boiled, Wildlight lastly stepped in (by way of CharlieIntel). Discord server admin and moderator WL_Coronach replied to 1 fan’s query about the web site’s standing earlier at the moment, assuring them and others it will ultimately come again on-line – even when it’s at present a “low precedence” problem. As a substitute, the developer has put most of its focus on “updates and content material.”
“Unsure on the timeframe, however principally must be transferred and simplified,” the full message says. “Low precedence [at the moment] ( reputational harm already executed ). Now we simply have to focus on delivering updates and content material to enhance.”
Wildlight had teased its first full 12 months of content material was already “deep in improvement” when Highguard launched January 26. Whereas an early February content material replace proved that work on post-launch options was certainly underway, layoffs affecting a lot of the studio’s workers instantly referred to as each its future, in addition to the future of its new sport, into query.
With Wildlight going through drastic adjustments in the final week alone, it’s unclear what a new Highguard replace would appear like. Nonetheless, those that have caught by the free-to-play sport appear to be happy with any further content material in any respect.
“As soon as we lock in the patch date I’ll see if we are able to get a patch preview up for you guys a bit beforehand,” WL_Coronach added in a follow-up reply.
Highguard’s woes started the second Geoff Keighley confirmed it as the one-last-thing announcement at The Game Awards 2025. Confusion about its place at the present was concern in the weeks that adopted, as gamers took Wildlight’s silence as a signal the sport might be in bother. Though it will definitely launched to excessive participant counts on Steam, a wave of adverse person evaluations rapidly helped tank its repute on-line.
Highguard reached greater than 97,000 concurrent gamers on the PC platform on its launch date however is struggling to crack greater than 1,000 at the moment (in line with SteamDB). A Game File report just lately recommended that Chinese language megacorporation Tencent quietly funded its improvement, although the extent of its potential involvement stays unclear.
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