Highguard becomes the latest PvP project to fall victim to the industry’s brutal reset

Highguard promotional art.

Highguard was first revealed during The Game Awards show in 2025. Coming in as the last announcement of the night, much praise was laid on the game by the host, Geoff Keighley. The game sought to shake up a stagnant FPS landscape by combining multiple genres with a raid-based 3v3 combat system.

Now, after a tumultuous launch that saw mixed results across Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation, it seems that Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has laid off most of its staff.