Highguard will be shut down on March 12th

Wildlight Leisure has introduced that it is going to be shutting down Highguard on March twelfth. A number of weeks in the past, Wildlight laid off a majority of its staff however even final week new content material was launched for the sport within the type of a Raid Rush mode. On the official Discord, there was affirmation that there can be a bit extra content material for gamers to take pleasure in earlier than the shut down.

In a press release, Wildlight Leisure mentioned, “Right this moment we’re sharing troublesome information. We have now made the choice to completely shut down Highguard on March 12. Since launch, greater than 2 million gamers stepped into Highguard’s world. You shared suggestions, created content material, and plenty of believed in what we had been constructing. For that, we’re deeply grateful.

Regardless of the fervour and arduous work of our workforce, we now have not been capable of construct a sustainable participant base to help the sport long run. Servers will stay on-line till March twelfth. We hope you’ll soar in with us another time to indicate your help and get these last nice matches in whereas we nonetheless can.The workforce is worked up to launch one last sport replace to take pleasure in within the remaining lifetime of the sport. We’ll be including a brand new Warden, a brand new weapon, account degree development, and talent bushes! Full patch notes are coming, and we’re focusing on tonight or tomorrow morning for patch launch. From all of us at Wildlight, thanks for enjoying, for supporting us, and for being a part of Highguard’s story.”

Within the Discord, admin WL-Coronach mentioned, “Very bummed about at the moment’s information. I’m sorry we didn’t have extra time to proceed to repair the gameplay points and make Highguard pretty much as good as attainable for everybody. I’m glad we’re getting out Koldo, Ability Timber, and the Switchback for you guys to take pleasure in within the meantime. ( These had been the content material drops I used to be enthusiastic about ) I’m very grateful to the mods who’ve helped out and made this discord a pleasant place to be.”

Highguard was revealed as the ultimate sport throughout The Game Awards, getting a really combined response. On the time Jim requested Why are gamers hoping Highguard will be dead on arrival?, following the unfavourable reactions to Highguard’s reveal. In our evaluate, Dom mentioned, “Highguard’s first steps into the PvP enviornment are assured and unashamed, regardless of what the offended voices on the web would possibly let you know. The marginally odd mixture of Apex Legends, Rainbow Six and He-Man truly makes for time, and there’s a lot room for extra to occur right here. That may take time, and I hope that it finds the viewers it must thrive.”