Laid Off Highguard Devs Chalk Up Game’s Failure to Leadership’s “Hubris,” Believed They Could Recreate the Smash Success of Apex Legends

Laid Off Highguard Devs Chalk Up Game’s Failure to Leadership’s “Hubris,” Believed They Could Recreate the Smash Success of Apex Legends

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The beginning of a new calendar year in the video game industry has, unfortunately, once again been marked by mass layoffs and studio shutdowns. And while last year was kicked off by a brand new free-to-play game becoming a smash success, this year is marked by the exact opposite. Highguard, the latest free-to-play game on the market from former Apex Legends developers at Wildlight Entertainment, is the first major misfire of 2026. After it was debuted at The Game Awards 2025, a lot was said online about a game that no one had played, while Wildlight kept its head down, […]

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