A surviving developer for Highguard says the game remains active even though the official website went offline in mid-February 2026 and has not been restored. Highguard launched on January 26, 2026. The free-to-play shooter had the final trailer spot at The Game Awards 2025, a placement noted by TheGamer. The title opened with more than 100,000 players but then fell sharply, dropping to below 1,000 within a few weeks.
Wildlight Entertainment has already reduced staff following the rocky start. Reports and social posts flagged layoffs earlier in February 2026, and community posts from Rebs Gaming on X relayed a developer update that was later confirmed by someone on Discord.
Developer says website outage is low priority while updates continue
The developer told the community that the official Highguard site was taken down while work is ongoing and that restoring the site is a low priority compared with finishing in-progress updates and new content. The developer said the team is focusing on those content updates rather than the public-facing website, while the Discord confirmation pushed back against claims that the game had already been shut down. The message framed the outage as maintenance or work in progress and said additional content is still being prepared.
Players and commentators have cited secrecy around Highguard’s development and a limited public testing window as contributors to the poor launch trajectory. Some comparisons were made to Concord and to other games that held longer open betas, while others suggested the finished work might simply be wrapped up and the game placed into maintenance. If you have new information about the website outage, leave a comment and follow for updates on X, Bluesky, YouTube, and Instagram.
Highguard
Developed by Wildlight Entertainment
From the creators of Apex Legends and Titanfall, comes Highguard: a PvP raid shooter where players will ride, fight, and raid as Wardens, arcane gunslingers sent to fight for control of a mythical continent.
- Genre: Shooter
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Modes: Multiplayer
- Release: 2026-01-26
- Publisher: Wildlight Entertainment
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Age Rating:
ESRB T
- IGDB Rating: 40.6/100
