Highguard may be Wildlight Entertainment’s debut game, but for many of the studio’s developers, it’s a second chance at launching a successful live service shooter on the right foot. Like approximately 60% of Wildlight’s roughly 100-person team, design lead Mohammad Alavi worked at Respawn Entertainment, developer of 2019’s Apex Legends. The battle royale game’s popularity at launch took Alavi and many others by surprise.

