Highguard is real, and it is set for a January 26 release. Read on to learn more about Highguard’s updates, controversies, and potential problems in the first-person shooter landscape.
Highguard Arrives this January 26
Highguard Showing Signs of Activity Despite Marketing Silence
After weeks of speculation from the gaming community, Highguard’s recent Steam activity shows telltale signs that the game is still primed for its January 26 release for PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S. According to the game’s update history on SteamDB, Highguard remains in active development. Recent backend activity shows new tags being added and removed from the game’s internal Steam ID, along with background changes to its package.
After its 2025 The Game Awards reveal, Highguard’s social media and YouTube channels barely have any new posts apart from the reveal trailer that was shown in the event. This prompted some of the gaming community to feel skeptical about its release, with others claiming it as "another Concord scenario", a game notorious for shutting down two weeks after its launch due to its lukewarm release with barely any players online.
Weeks came and went, but Highguard’s channels continued to not show any signs of activity. Only Geoff Keighley and the official The Game Awards social pages are posting regular countdowns, but Wildlight Entertainment’s official pages were not. Users all over X (formerly Twitter) and BlueSky have wondered if the game was real or a collective psychosis from the event. Forbes writer, Paul Tassi, even dubbed Highguard as "MIA" due to its lack of marketing weeks before its launch.
Following its reveal, Wildlight Entertainment’s Highguard was met with an influx of concerns from the gaming community. General reception about the game is lukewarm; some argued that it is another hero shooter in an oversaturated market. Others assume it could be another case of "Concord" failing to capture an audience before it even launched.
Highguard turned off its YouTube comment sections, but IGN has reposted the same trailer on its channel, with comments sharing a general sentiment about how hero shooters are no longer as lucrative as they once were.
Geoff Keighley, creator and host of The Game Awards, even faced criticism for featuring the game at the very end of the event, a slot usually reserved for major trailers like Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds teaser in 2023.
Now that Wildlight Entertainment is ramping up its updates on Steam, these suggest that it is on track for its January 26 release despite growing concerns about its existence.
Despite the ominous silence from Wildlight Entertainment, some fans believe that Highguard can potentially break through the saturated hero-shooter market, as it is a free-to-play title. Others joked that they will be Highguard’s "number one fan" when it launches on January 26.
It remains unclear why Highguard chooses silence instead of fully marketing their latest IP. It might stem from the negative feedback from its reveal trailer at the 2025 The Game Awards, or Wildlight might simply prefer to let players enjoy and discover the game for themselves when it officially launches.
Source:
Highguard’s Marketing is MIA Weeks Before Launch
IGN Highguard Trailer Comments
Highguard Did Not Pay for Its The Game Awards Trailer
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