Most of Highguard Studio Has Been Laid Off Says Former Dev, Wildlight Confirms Cuts
in newsletterIGN · 2026-02-12 · 2 min read · top_stories
Wildlight Entertainment laid off most of its staff just two weeks after launching free-to-play shooter Highguard. The studio confirmed the cuts while retaining a core team to support the game. Highguard peaked at 97,249 concurrent players on Steam at launch but dropped to 4,524 two weeks later, despite debuting in top 10 weekly active users across platforms.
Appeared in 2026-02-12.