Highguard Devs Say It Was Always the Plan to "Go Dark" After Its Reveal, À La Apex Legends' Launch

Highguard devs say they didn’t expect the hate – but they’re confident in their game

Highguard developers say they didn’t anticipate such a negative reaction to the game upon it’s reveal, but are confident it still has legs.

Highguard devs say it was always the plan to "go dark" after its reveal, à la Apex Legends' launch

Good, bad, I don't bloody know yet the thing's only been about for five seconds, but we can certainly say one thing now: Highguard is out. Now we can sit and prepare ourselves for more inane and pointless discourse about yet another live service shooter that we've probably had several times before. Hooray! But before we get ahead of ourselves, a moment of reflection, courtesy of the devs behind Highguard itself, who have spoken out about all tha…

Highguard Was Meant To Be a 'Shadowdrop'

There’s been a lot of chatter and discussion around Highguard since it was revealed at ‘The Game Awards’ last year. Despite the pedigree – a new shooter from the minds behind Titanfall and Apex Legends, plenty of gamers and pundits have questioned just why a free-to-play shooter got to take the coveted ‘one last reveal’ … The post Highguard Was Meant To Be a ‘Shadowdrop’ appeared first on XboxEra.

A Look Inside Highguard, Its Design Philosophies, And Ranked

In 2026, an FPS or third-person shooter has a huge bar to overcome. Highguard has the ambition and execution to possibly do that. Wildlight Entertainment’s core creative and executive team is comprised of developers and heads from Respawn Entertainment, bringing major successful experience from Apex Legends and the Titanfall games. Highguard has been under development for about four years, since the independent game studio was formed back in 202…