Developer Wildlight has up to date the shop pages for the newly launched free-to-play shooter Highguard to take away point out of how the sport was developed partly by individuals who additionally labored on Apex Legends and Titanfall.
When the sport’s Steam retailer web page went up, the primary line on it stated, “From the creators of Apex Legends and Titanfall…” At the moment (via Kotaku), the itemizing begins by describing the game itself. The primary line now reads, “Highguard is a PvP raid shooter the place gamers will trip, combat, and raid as Wardens…”
The sport’s Xbox and PlayStation store pages additionally don’t point out Apex Legends or Titanfall, nevertheless it’s additionally not instantly clear in the event that they ever did. The builders haven’t mentioned why the references to Apex and Titanfall had been faraway from Steam or another retailer pages.
Highguard was introduced at The Sport Awards in December. On the time, host Geoff Keighley introduced the game as being the following challenge from 60+ individuals who labored on Apex Legends and Titanfall. An Xbox Wire post revealed on January 26 nonetheless incorporates references to individuals who made Highguard beforehand engaged on Apex Legends and Titanfall, in addition to Name of Responsibility.
Highguard was imagined to be a shadowdrop like Apex Legends, however Keighley noticed the sport early and loved it a lot that he provided Wildlight the close-out spot at The Sport Awards to disclose it. The sport has a “Largely Damaging” consumer ranking on Steam and has prompted higher-ups within the gaming trade to come to Wildlight’s defense and urge folks to be good and provides the sport an opportunity.
The sport peaked at almost 100,000 concurrent customers on Steam at launch day, however numbers have dramatically dropped off since then. The sport can be out there on PS5 and Xbox Sequence X|S.
Wildlight has introduced a 12 months 1 roadmap of latest content material for the sport, together with extra characters and maps. The studio has additionally instructed followers they will count on Highguard to stay round for the lengthy haul.