In what will come on none surpsing but still sad news, Wildlight Entertainment has announced that it will be closing down its free-to-play online shooter Highguard on March 12th.
In a released statement, they said:
Today we’re sharing difficult news. We have made the decision to permanently shut down Highguard on March 12.
Since launch, more than 2 million players stepped into Highguard’s world. You shared feedback, created content, and many believed in what we were building. For that, we are deeply grateful.
Despite the passion and hard work of our team, we have not been able to build a sustainable player base to support the game long term. Servers will remain online until March 12th. We hope you’ll jump in with us one more time to show your support and get those final great matches in while we still can.
The team is excited to release one final game update to enjoy in the remaining life of the game. We’ll be adding a new Warden, a new weapon, account level progression, and skill trees! Full patch notes are coming, and we’re targeting tonight or tomorrow morning for patch release.
From all of us at Wildlight, thank you for playing, for supporting us, and for being part of Highguard’s story.
Highguard, of course, was one of the most talked about titles after last year’s The Game Awards,s after the announcement trailer for the game closed out the show.
Speculation became rife on the run-up to the game’s launch on January 26th 2026, whether the game was even real and would see the light of day.
Sadly, the game’s launch was met with large amounts of criticism and last month the developer confirmed that they had let go of a number of staff due to Highguard not landing with gamers at launch.
For cloud gamers, Highguard is currently available to play on PlayStation Cloud, a service which it will depart on March 12th.
