Overview
- Number of Players
- 6
- Genre
- Release Date
PlayStation 5
26th Jan 2026
26th Jan 2026
- Also Available On
- Tags
- Controller Support
- Official Site
- playhighguard.com
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
Review Highguard (PS5) - Jack of All Trades PS5 Shooter Is Fine
Master of none
Have you ever played a game that has a nugget of something special in there, but just isn’t quite hitting the mark? That basically sums up our time with Wildlight Entertainment’s Highguard. This is a PvP raid shooter, which may sound like something new, but in reality, there’s a little something of most popular shooters stuffed...
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Highguard News
News Highguard Joins the Great Concord in the Sky, Now Officially Delisted on PS5
Salute emoji
Today, 12th March 2026, Highguard has been delisted from digital storefronts, and is no longer playable as developer Wildlight Entertainment shuts the game down. Indeed, searching for Highguard on PS Store now returns zero results. A free-to-play online multiplayer shooter from some of the minds behind Apex Legends and Titanfall,...
News Flop FPS Highguard's Stats Show Steam Concurrents Are Just One Piece of the Puzzle
But better performance on PS5 couldn't save the game
There’s an increasing emphasis on Steam concurrent statistics across the industry, because it’s one of the few points of publicly available data we have to determine a game’s success. But it’s worth remembering that they represent just one platform, and others must also be taken into...
News Highguard Permanently Shuts Down on 12th March
Going offline forever
Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has confirmed its failed live service shooter shall be shut down and taken offline permanently next week on 12th March 2026. After attracting a large player base on release day in January, users quickly fell off and a number of updates and bonus modes failed to bring many players...
News 'We Need to Focus on Improving the Game': Highguard Dev Explains Why Website Is Offline
Mysterious investor revealed
While a select few on social media are revelling in the failure of Highguard, we can’t help but feel sad to see another title crash and burn. But following some heavy layoffs last week, things aren’t looking particularly positive for Wildlight Entertainment’s latest. Fans noticed yesterday morning that the...
News Most of Highguard's Dev Team Laid Off Just Two Weeks After Live Service Shooter's Launch
"This one really stings"
Assuming a fresh Linkedin post is accurate, developer Wildlight Entertainment has laid off "most" of its staff following the underwhelming launch of its hero shooter, Highguard. Highguard released just over a couple of weeks ago, so these supposed layoffs are hitting a lot faster than many onlookers may have anticipated...
News Highguard Player Count Is Actually Hanging in There as It Makes 5v5 Mode Permanent
Five alive
It really did look like the end was nigh for Highguard just a few days after its release, when its initial player count plummeted to concerningly low levels. However, based on the free-to-play shooter's current player tracking data via SteamDB, it's actually holding somewhat steady, averaging around 7,000 concurrent players over the last...
News Highguard Already Trying Something Different as Player Numbers Plummet
New 5v5 time limited mode live now
After a fairly strong start for the free-to-play release, the number of active Highguard users has dropped dramatically (at least on PC, where the stat is trackable). One of the big complaints is how large the maps are, which, combined with the fact that the only mode is 3v3, means there's a lot of empty space. To...
News Highguard Is Already Struggling to Hold Players' Attention
Steam concurrents have utterly collapsed
Highguard had a pretty enormous launch this week, but things already aren’t looking particularly good for Wildlight Entertainment’s debut project. As we reported earlier in the week, following the first-person shooter’s reveal at The Game Awards and subsequent social media silence, there was enormous...
Poll Are You Playing Highguard?
On your guard
Highguard is the talk of the town right now, but if the initial player feedback is anything to go by, it might not be for much longer. This is the title that infamously closed out The Game Awards 2025 — on host Geoff Keighley's recommendation, apparently. And now the free-to-play shooter is here, tempting people in with its...
News Highguard Doesn't Do a Concord, But Reception Is Lukewarm
Gets 97K concurrent players on PC
As we said in our Highguard Hands On article: "Highguard is, in fact, real". After more than a month of silence, the fresh PvP raid shooter did indeed release on PS5 yesterday, combined with a developer showcase sharing what it's all about. Will it still be around in a year or two, though? That's the question...
Previews
Hands On Highguard Is Real and Potentially Great on PS5
Get off your high horse
Highguard is, in fact, real, and we’ve played it. Wildlight Entertainment, a collective of ex-Respawn developers, has launched a free-to-play PvP raid shooter, and after a couple of matches, we’re intrigued to sink some more time into it. This is, admittedly, our very early impressions, but like many, we wanted to know...
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