Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says no, Geoff Keighley isn't to blame for Highguard and its mass layoffs – and folks who think so have "little understanding" of the industry

Highguard.

As Highguard studio Wildlight Entertainment suffers mass layoffs in the wake of the game's negative reception, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director Michael 'Cromwelp' Douse has addressed the circulating discussions that it's Game Awards host Geoff Keighley's fault.

Highguard, the new free-to-play shooter from Wildlight Entertainment, hasn't exactly been in the limelight for a good reason recently, racking up "Mostly Negative" reviews on Steam in mere hours post-launch and not quite reaching players like developers hoped it would.

After this poor performance, level designer Alex Graner announced on LinkedIn that "most of the team at Wildlight" had been laid off – so, sadly, things aren't exactly looking up.