"There's been relative radio silence from Wildlight Entertainment since mass layoffs at the California-based studio last week. Then, when Highguard's website went down yesterday, people began to assume the worst. The studio declined to comment on the status of the game when Kotaku reached out, but now a developer on the Highguard Discord has given remaining players a scrap of insight into where things are at."
"What exactly those updates consist of remains to be seen. Wildlight was in the midst of delivering on its "Episode 2" commitments when everyone outside of a "core" team was laid off last week. An ambitious, year-long roadmap shared at launch is likely being completely overhauled at this point. One of the big questions is just how much of this content was already pretty far along or sitting in queue versus having to be built from scratch."
Wildlight Entertainment conducted mass layoffs last week, leaving only a core team to continue development on Highguard. The game's website went down, prompting player concern and assumptions about the project's viability. A moderator on the Highguard Discord indicated the site needs to be transferred and simplified, and that reputational damage makes it low priority for now. The studio was in the middle of delivering "Episode 2" commitments when cuts occurred, forcing likely overhaul of an ambitious year-long roadmap. Players currently want more characters, loot, and expanded weapon and gear pools to reduce repetition in popular 5v5 matches.
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