Tomorrow is the day when Highguard shuts down, and today is your last opportunity to play the title.
For those unaware, Highguard didn’t experience the best of launches for the free-to-play title and ultimately turned out to be a failure. The developers announced earlier this month that the game will be shut down in less than 2 months since launch, following layoffs, low player counts, and more.\
Highguard’s Last Day to Play is March 11, 2026
There are several factors for Highguard not resonating with players, but one of the biggest ones could be The Game Awards reveal. The developers were looking to shadowdrop the game, but ended up getting the finale slot at The Game Awards. There were several other concerns, including the game receiving “mostly negative” reviews on Steam due to performance and server issues.
The game launched with good numbers, hitting almost 100,000 concurrent players, but those numbers soon began to dwindle. Just last week, the number had dropped down to double digits. The developers also released a roadmap with a whopping twelve months of content plans, along with a 5v5 raid mode; however, that didn’t help either.
Eventually, there were mass layoffs at the company, with “most of the team at Wildlight”. Tencent was also backing the title, but pulled its funding after the rough launch. Lastly, as the former tech artist suggested, the online discourse ultimately accelerated the game’s failure. So today is the last day to play the game, and it’s free to play, available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
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