It was simple to depend out Highguard and assume {that a} wave of layoffs at studio Wildlight Leisure and a non-functioning official web site spelled the top of the raid shooter, however the sport seems to be again within the saddle with a brand new content material drop coming this week.
Per the official Highguard X account, gamers will be capable of select a brand new Base, make the most of a brand new Raid Device, and spend money on new cosmetics and a mount.
The brand new Base is Cloudreach, which homes a big airship and a deck that offers defenders vantage factors for sniping. The Lockpick Raid Device quickly disables home windows and doorways for enemies, permitting teammates to entry them; an upgraded Lockpick additionally casts an power discipline on lockpicked doorways and home windows that damages enemies and provides teammates a velocity enhance.
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New goodies to purchase from the shop embrace the owlbear-like Moonbruin mount and bundles with “Iron Vigil-themed cosmetics.” Wildlight additionally confirmed that it is also engaged on the sport’s subsequent patch, which can embrace a brand new sport mode “targeted on the Raid expertise” together with steadiness adjustments.
After Wildlight let go of an unknown variety of workers final week, a “core group of builders” stays on the studio to help and replace Highguard. The studio beforehand said in its (now-inaccessible) web site that it was “absolutely funded,” and a current report claimed that Chinese language firm Tencent was the corporate’s “lead monetary backer.”
The official Highguard web site has been unavailable since Tuesday, although a developer on the sport’s official Discord server (through Kotaku) said that the positioning “principally must be transferred and simplified.” The developer added: “Low precedence atm (reputational injury already executed). Now we simply must give attention to delivering updates and content material to enhance.”