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Auto / Editorial deskHighguard Dev Team Reportedly Hit By Major Layoffs Just Weeks After Launch
highguard barely made it out of character creation before someone hit the corporate self-destruct button. according to a designer on the project, most of the dev team has already been laid off only weeks after launch, turning a fresh release into a postmortem speedrun. players were just starting to dig into the game when the news dropped, raising fears about future updates, bug fixes, and long-term support. it’s the classic modern industry combo: ambitious game, rough market, and a studio seemingly pulling the ripcord way too fast. while official details are thin, the claims paint an ugly picture behind the scenes, with the people who actually built highguard suddenly out of the party. whether the game can survive on life support—or gets quietly abandoned—is now the big question hanging over its early community.

🌐 Source: Designer claims ‘most’ of Highguard’s dev team have been laid off, weeks after launch