Highguard Skeleton Crew Crunches To Ship Update Amid Pile
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Highguard is shutting down in less than two weeks, releasing its final and biggest update featuring a new character, weapon, and a skill tree system to enhance gameplay strategies.
- The update, completed by a reduced "skeleton crew" at Wildlight Entertainment, introduces an XP system and four subclasses—Raider, Harvester, Treasure Hunter, and Protector—for customizable hero builds.
- Despite a strong launch with nearly 100,000 concurrent players, the game quickly lost its audience due to negative early reviews and funding cuts from Tencent, leading to major layoffs and the game's premature shutdown.
- Wildlight’s game director Chad Grenier refuted conspiracy theories blaming the game's failure on toxic positivity, emphasizing that the team maintained critical and open
