Highguard will formally go offline on March 12, developer Wildlight has introduced. This was the anticipated end result, provided that participant numbers had fallen dramatically and the sport was being supported solely by a skeleton crew following mass layoffs on the firm.
Greater than 2 million folks performed Highguard, the studio said, and “many believed in what we had been constructing.” Wildlight mentioned it’s “deeply grateful” for the followers, however admitted, “We’ve got not been capable of construct a sustainable participant base to help the sport long run.”
Highguard will stay playable till March 12, and Wildlight mentioned it hopes folks will come again “another time to indicate your help and get these remaining nice matches in whereas we nonetheless can.”
Highguard will get one remaining replace, which is able to add a brand new Warden, a brand new weapon, account stage development, and talent bushes. The patch is anticipated to reach March 3 or March 4, and the total patch notes will likely be shared later.
“From all of us at Wildlight, thanks for taking part in, for supporting us, and for being a part of Highguard’s story,” the developer mentioned.
Wildlight had a full yr’s price of DLC deliberate for Highguard, however that content material is seemingly canceled now as effectively. GameSpot’s Highguard overview scored the sport a 4/10, with reviewer Stella Chung saying the sport was “not prepared for primetime.”
Highguard was introduced throughout The Sport Awards in December 2025 and, after Wildlight went silent for a month, the sport was launched on January 26, 2026. Highguard reached practically 100,000 peak concurrent gamers at launch, however the momentum didn’t final. Right now, the sport reached fewer than 500 concurrent players.