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Monitor the rise and fall of Highguard, the ex-Respawn shooter. We track player counts, patch notes, and the move to 5v5.
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…Sony closes down first party titles outside of PS5 – 1:03:56 Wildlight Studios' Highguard shuts down after 46 days live – 1:08:23 Working on: Dell's XPS 14 will be…
…While most announcements of this ilk spell the end of the game in question — think Highguard — Last Flag's future is going to be more community-focused. Last Flag launched on April…
…First and foremost, the recent announcement that Highguard , a game that peaked at 97,249 all-time players on January 26, will be permanently shutting down on March 12 has definitely exacerbated…
…That is only slightly longer than Highguard , this year's most infamous live service flop, lasted. A message on Steam credited to developer Sequoia Yang outlines that while ARC Team was "exploring…
…Firebreak, Remedy has assured its audience that the game will be both online and playable "for years to come", likely to assuage concerns following titles such as Highguard being pulled offline shortly…
…Arguably the most high profile was free-to-play shooter Highguard, which closed six weeks after launch , but there was also the sudden closure of Sony's Concord at the end of…
…For every Helldivers 2 or Arc Raiders , there's a Highguard or King of Meat ; even the once-unstoppable Fortnite is bleeding players . The biggest game of 2025 was a single-player…
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