Highguard: Video game axed weeks after release

After it was released on 26 January, it drew in just under 100,000 players on PC and about 380,000 viewers on streaming site Twitch, according to data-tracking website SteamDB.

However, it was downhill from there, with the game attracting just 3,600 concurrent PC users on the day Wildlight Entertainment announced the layoffs in February.

One the day it was announced the game was being axed it saw a peak of 460 users, according to SteamDB.

Following the news the game would be shelved, some fans expressed their dissapointment, while others questioned the decision after developers previously said they had a year’s worth of updates mapped out.

In the statement, developers asked fans to “jump in with us one more time to show your support and get those final great matches in while we still can”.

“From all of us at Wildlight, thank you for playing, for supporting us, and for being part of Highguard’s story,” they added.