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[Draugoth]

As spotted by Rebs Gaming and others, earlier today, the official PlayHighguard.com website was replaced with a simple static page, featuring the game's logo and a message that says: "This site is currently unavailable." Below that is a support email to ping about the down site. Kotaku has contacted Wildlight Entertainment for more information. It seems the site has been down since at least 7:50 am EST.

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[pudel]

 

[Faltherion]

They are probably preparing a big apology/sorry letter that they are closing down. Or a different statement on saying how they are going to try to "re-launch". But I think it's the former.

 

[Hero_Select]

Dead Guard

 

[Portugeezer]

They are probably preparing a big apology/sorry letter that they are closing down. Or a different statement on saying how they are going to try to "re-launch". But I think it's the former.

I wonder if they'll refund any in game purchases

 

[Warnen]

Shit so it really was Concord 2

 

[HRK69]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Byeguard.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[DR3AM]

Website is backup

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

They lasted twice as long as Concord. That's a win in my book.

 

[Kacho]

 

[Revolutionary]

It's clear at this point that they were running this game with very little monetary leeway (hence the quick layoffs), so I wouldn't be surprised if this is simply a case of forgetting to pay the website host or whatever

 

[Knight of the Round]

I hope all of you motherfuckers apologized to Geff. Hands, knees, the whole bruhaha.

 

[Soodanim]

To the surprise of no one.

 

[Fortress of Regrets]

RIP. Did they even have a business plan? Or did they just expect to sell 100 million doolars worth of microtransaction skins for their terrible character designs in the first week?

This failed game was pure "It could work for us" energy. Probably undone by toxic positivity like so many fugly, modern failures. Not a single person wanted to be the one standing tall at a meeting, raising their hand and saying "Our shit suxx, we're cooked".

 

[Fake]

 

[Alebrije]

 

[Hero_Select]

Website is backup

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

If Men_in_Boxes makes a thread about it, he should be bananeado

 

[Mortisfacio]

As much as this bombed, Concord still managed to bomb harder. Truly a feat.

 

[Faltherion]

Website is backup

Holy shit, it is! The Cockatrice can you believe it ?

 

[Saber]

 

[The Cockatrice]

Holy shit, it is! The Cockatrice can you believe it ?

what the fuck is a Highguard?

 

[Faltherion]

Highguard

 

[saintjules]

That's a win in my book.

Not when you owe money to investors it isnt.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Website is backup

Highguard

These jokes suck now due to ads

 

[nikos]

People on a gaming forum celebrating games dying.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

People on a gaming forum celebrating games dying.

Some deserve to die

 

[Plague Doctor]

Seeing elsewhere on the web where people are saying the failure of this game is due to the industry failing and the toxicity of the playerbase fills me with joy.

Yep... continue blaming the audience and saying the indutry is unfair...

Surely that level of cope is going to work.

Or, you know, you could not blow millions and dev time on a derieative game in an over saturated genre. First reveal it a month before launch and have zero contigency plan if it doesn't take off?

Seriously what was the gameplan here? Make 100 million in the first month on cosmetics or go bust?

Maybe the audience is responding as it should and this is the market at work?

Nah... it's the gamers with opinions who are meanie poo poo heads saying bad things instead of shutting up. That's it. A healthy inudstry is one where the consumers don't have negative opinions and aren't allowed to voice them.

 

[Sohurmk833]

People on a gaming forum celebrating games dying.

GaaS aren´t actual games, they´re a fucking scam.

 

[Fake]

People on a gaming forum celebrating games dying.

Cycle of life. They shutdown servers of games that consumers payed for, so is kinda a balanced behavior.

 

[mckmas8808]

Shit so it really was Concord 2

100%

 

[keefged4]

Slopguard

 

[LordCBH]

Someone said their discord link doesn't direct you to the official discord lol

 

[Saber]

People on a gaming forum celebrating games dying.

I sure as heck I will laugh.
And if you're serious, then I will laugh harder.

 

[Joe Cool]

Oh well. Moving on.

 

[keefged4]

People on a gaming forum celebrating games dying.

Its cancerous shite like this that's destroying the gaming industry, so Highguard and it's whiney devs will not get any sympathy from me

 

[AgatonSax]

People on a gaming forum celebrating games dying.

Oh no, another microtransaction infested pos that no one wanted bites it?

 

[Negotiator101]

No guard.

 

[dottme]

I hope people didn't spent too much on MTX.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

People on a gaming forum celebrating games dying.

Damn, bro, don't blind me with the bright shine of your virtue.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Over = High
Watch = Guard

 

[Fbh]

Lasted longer than Hermen Hulst's game of the generation, and was probably cheaper to make too

 

[pudel]

People on a gaming forum celebrating games dying.

...it was just generic hero shooter number 14 for me. I am not really sad when these games fail...sorry! Its sad about the wasted resources and time...thats true.

 

[Diddy X]

 

[AJUMP23]

3v3 was a bad idea.

 

[IDKFA]

As spotted by Rebs Gaming and others, earlier today, the official PlayHighguard.com website was replaced with a simple static page, featuring the game's logo and a message that says: "This site is currently unavailable." Below that is a support email to ping about the down site. Kotaku has contacted Wildlight Entertainment for more information. It seems the site has been down since at least 7:50 am EST.

Source

It's crazy that these live service multiplayer games are killed off so quickly.

Multiple years and millions spent for nothing. What a waste.

The game might have been more of a success if it had a single player element. Now it'll just be a forgotten failure.

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

Highguard devs missed their chance already, they couldn't retain players so the game's dead.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/highguard-attracted-more-than-1-5-million-players-in-january/1100-6538209/

 

[Catphish]

Byeguard.

don't cryguard. Pick yourself up and have another tryguard.