Highguard is permanently shutting down on March 12. Developers Wildlight Entertainment made the announcement on Twitter and thanked players for playing the free competitive shooter that launched back in January.
On March 3, Wildlight Entertainment posted a blog, “Highguard’s final update arriving soon. Thank you for playing with us.” In the blog post, the remaining devs working on the doomed FPS promised that one last update was coming. But then, after that, Highguard would be shut down for good on March 12.
“Today we’re sharing difficult news,” said the studio. “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.”
In the blog post announcing the game’s demise, the devs explained that “despite the passion and hard work” of those who worked on Highguard, the game was unable to build a “sustainable player base to support [it] long term.”
Wildlight says there will be one final game update that will go live “tonight or tomorrow” that will add a new playable Warden, a new weapon, account level progression, and skill trees.
“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,” said Wildlight.
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