Highguard

Highguard was a player versus player raid shooter where players took on the roles of "Wardens", characters described as arcane gunslingers who fight for control over a mythical continent. Matches involved competing with rival crews to secure pivotal objectives such as the "Shieldbreaker", which enables teams to launch assaults on enemy bases. The game combined traditional first-person shooter mechanics with elements such as mounted combat, destructible environments, and fantasy-inspired abilities. It supported cross-platform play and cross-progression across all its launch platforms.

The game was developed by Wildlight Entertainment, a studio founded by Dusty Welch, Chad Grenier, and 60 other industry veterans, many of whom previously worked on notable shooter franchises including Apex Legends, Call of Duty, and Titanfall. Highguard was Wildlight Entertainment's debut title.

The game was initially created as a survival-focused shooter similar to Rust. The game's development began in 2022 and lasted four years before the game was released. It was intended to be a "shadow drop", releasing shortly after its reveal with minimal marketing in order to "let the game speak for itself". In February 2023, the studio announced that it was working on a new AAA video game title that had been in development “for some time.”

The PC version of Highguard received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic. OpenCritic assessed that 39% of critics recommended the game.

Concluding his review for Push Square, Aaron Bayne described Highguard as "a fun yet bloated shooter that lacks the spark you'll find in other games in the genre", as well as "a jack of all trades and master of none". Bayne praised the gameplay while criticizing the "uninspired" artstyle, "bloated" match mechanics, and "lacking" progression systems.