Highguard Developer solves site outage

A developer from Wildlight Entertainment has spoken out after the sudden website outage sparked speculation High Guardianthe controversial PvP raid shooter, was about to go offline. Despite dwindling player numbers, mixed reviews and a mass exodus of Wildlight staff, it looks like it High Guardian it's not going anywhere yet, as the developer of the studio says, the game's website is only being converted and simplified.

High Guardian first appeared during last year's Game Awards ceremony and surprised viewers by taking the coveted “last thing” spot. With the like Star Wars: Fate of The Old Republicnew Divinity game a Tomb Raider: Catalyst all was revealed during the show, and many were surprised that the free-to-play hero shooter was the final performance of the event. But as it turns out, Wildlight allegedly didn't even have to pay High Guardiantrailer at the Game Awards because host Geoff Keighley liked it so much. Unfortunately, exposure didn't do the game any favors, as it's been riddled with backlash ever since.

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Highguard Dev explains website outage

The final spot at the Game Awards certainly drew attention High Guardianwhich helped boost the shooter's launch last month to nearly 100,000 concurrent players on Steam. Unfortunately, these numbers were rapidly declining High Guardian it loses 80% of its player base in a matter of days. This led to massive speculation that the game was already preparing to shut down its servers, which was further fueled when High Guardian's official website was offline this week. However, the developer has now said that this is only because the site “needs to be converted and simplified”, but said that this is a low priority for the team as they focus on delivering new updates and content.

With many brands High Guardian as another Concordit didn't take long for rumors to spread that after an unexpected outage High Guardianwebsite this week. “I suspect an end of service announcement is coming,” said one user in response to the game's site going offline. Another said “the servers will be next.” But for fans of the game, it seems that way High Guardian isn't going anywhere yet as its developers seem to be still hard at work on future updates.

Since Wildlight Entertainment recently released a large part High Guardian team, there is no way to know how big future updates will be or how often they will be released. Less than a month after the shooter was released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, Wildlight Entertainment has announced that it has made the difficult decision to part ways with a number of employees, but said it will maintain a core group of developers to continue innovation and support. High Guardian. In its statement, the studio did not address the low number of players or the mixed reviews, but thanked those who continue to be a part of the game's community.

User reviews for High Guardian are currently “mixed” on Steam, an improvement over the “overwhelmingly negative” score it received at launch. One of the biggest complaints from players was that the basic 3v3 experience just wasn't fast enough for the size of the maps. Wildlight was quick to take this feedback and released a new, permanent 5v5 mode, but it doesn't seem to be enough to keep players coming back, as the shooter now averages 1,000-2,000 peak users per day on Steam. How it fares on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S is unknown.