Devs from multiple studios are defending Highguard as negative responses to the game continue to pile up. First announced at The Game Awards 2025, the hero shooter has faced some remarkable ups and downs in its short life up to this point. Things may look a little shaky for Highguard at the moment, but it has at least spurred devs across the industry to tell players to give its studio a second chance.
It has been a wild week for Wildlight Entertainment's debut title, and it's only been out for a handful of days. Within its first few hours, Highguard drew over 97,000 concurrent players, yet its Steam reviews fell to "Overwhelmingly Negative" just as quickly. Naturally, this plummet drew unwelcome comparisons to another hero shooter in Sony's ill-fated Concord, and while there's plenty of reason to believe Highguard won't suffer the same fate, the damage was done in many gamers' eyes. Now, though, devs who didn't even work on the game are coming to its defense.
New free-to-play hit Highguard gets its first-ever update on PC and consoles, arriving alongside a promise from the hero shooter's developers.
As news of Highguard's player count dropping by...
