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Wildlight explains how ex-Apex team spent years building debut game Highguard — Static0.polygonimages.com

Wildlight explains how ex-Apex team spent years building debut game Highguard

Wildlight Entertainment, the indie studio founded by developers who helped create Titanfall and Apex Legends, told Polygon that it spent about four and a half years building its debut title, Highguard, after leaving EA to go independent. The studio started with five or six people and gradually grew to about

Apex Legends leaving Nintendo Switch on Aug. 4, Respawn says — Static0.polygonimages.com

Apex Legends leaving Nintendo Switch on Aug. 4, Respawn says

Respawn announced that Apex Legends will be removed from the original Nintendo Switch when Season 30 begins on Aug. 4, with Season 29 serving as the game’s final update on the platform, the studio said via the official Apex Legends X account. The post said players will still be

Highguard devs outline first-year roadmap to avoid Apex Legends mistakes — Static0.polygonimages.com

Highguard devs outline first-year roadmap to avoid Apex Legends mistakes

At a January press event attended by Polygon, Wildlight Entertainment developers said Highguard already has a full year of planned content and a live-service roadmap designed to correct mistakes they made with Apex Legends. About 60% of Wildlight’s roughly 100-person team previously worked at Respawn, and design lead Mohammad

Highguard removes Titanfall and Apex Legends mention from Steam page — Kotaku.com

Highguard removes Titanfall and Apex Legends mention from Steam page

Kotaku reports that on January 26, Highguard removed references to Titanfall and Apex Legends from the game’s Steam store page, a change made on the shooter’s PC and console launch day. SteamDB documented that the original Steam description — "From the creators of Apex Legends and Titanfall, comes

Geoff Keighley denies financial stake in Highguard amid online backlash — Kotaku.com

Geoff Keighley denies financial stake in Highguard amid online backlash

Kotaku reports Geoff Keighley has denied having any financial stake in Highguard after receiving an odd amount of online hate since the game's release; he responded on X with "lol absolutely not." Highguard has been out for about 24 hours, and Wildlight Entertainment had originally planned

Highguard hands-on: PvP 'raid' shooter from Apex and Titanfall developers — Kotaku.com

Highguard hands-on: PvP 'raid' shooter from Apex and Titanfall developers

Kotaku had hands-on time with Highguard, Wildlight Entertainment’s new “PvP Raid Shooter,” at a launch event in Los Angeles. Matches break into roughly three segments: players pick characters called Wardens, vote on one of four Keeps to defend, then spend a short minute allocating limited resources to reinforce three

Highguard launches with a novel 3v3 siege mode but divides opinion — Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net

Highguard launches with a novel 3v3 siege mode but divides opinion

Pcgamer reports Highguard, a new free-to-play first-person shooter, has launched; the site's writer said they played around six hours between launch day and a preview event in Los Angeles last week. The game pits two teams of three on a large map where teams fortify breakable walls in

Highguard to launch Jan. 26; SteamDB lists global release at 1 p.m. EST — Static0.polygonimages.com

Highguard to launch Jan. 26; SteamDB lists global release at 1 p.m. EST

Polygon reports Highguard is releasing on Monday, Jan. 26. There isn't an official release time from Wildlight Entertainment, but according to SteamDB the official global release is Monday, Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. EST. That corresponds to 10 a.m. PST, 1 p.m. EST, 3 p.

Highguard's Game Awards reveal drew hostility, then developer silence — Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net

Highguard's Game Awards reveal drew hostility, then developer silence

Pcgamer reports Geoff Keighley closed last year's Game Awards with a trailer for an unknown hero shooter called Highguard, and the social media reaction was instantly hostile. Viewers framed the reveal as a 'one more thing' trespasser that had claimed an unearned seat of honor, though

Underdog Oblivion wins ALGS in Sapporo as a skeptical spectator becomes a fan — Static0.polygonimages.com

Underdog Oblivion wins ALGS in Sapporo as a skeptical spectator becomes a fan

Polygon reports a writer who had been indifferent to esports attended the Apex Legends Global Series Championship in Sapporo, Japan and left converted after watching the closing day. The Sapporo Dome was split between an ALGS Fan Zone and the main stage, with fans buying merch and waving team banners

Unsigned underdog Oblivion wins ALGS Year 5 Championship in Sapporo — Static0.polygonimages.com

Unsigned underdog Oblivion wins ALGS Year 5 Championship in Sapporo

Polygon reports that Bowen "Monsoon" Fuller and his unsigned team Oblivion unexpectedly won the Apex Legends Global Series Year 5 Championship in Sapporo, Japan, and Fuller’s first celebration was to put on a Japanese maid costume. Oblivion beat Philip "ImperialHal" Dosen's Team Falcons

Highguard's Game Awards reveal drew heavy pre-release backlash — Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net

Highguard's Game Awards reveal drew heavy pre-release backlash

Pcgamer reports that Highguard, described as a "photoreal PvP hero shooter," was the final big reveal at last year's Game Awards and immediately drew significant pre-release backlash. Viewers expecting a different type of showcase, likened to 2023's Monster Hunter Wilds reveal or the 2021