Numerous developers on new FPS hero shooter Highguard have been laid off from Wildlight Entertainment just weeks after the game launched. In a statement, the studio said, ‘Today we made an incredibly difficult decision to part ways with a number of our team members while keeping a core group of developers to continue innovating on and supporting the game.’ Wildlight hasn’t confirmed how many developers have been affected by the layoffs, though recent LinkedIn posts have suggested that it is a significant portion of the team. This includes a level designer, technical artist, and a social and community lead. One post read, ‘Unfortunately, along with most of the team at Wildlight, I was laid off today. This one really stings as there was a lot of unreleased content I was really looking forward to that I and others designed for Highguard.’ The game launched to a large number of players hopping in for day one, but numbers quickly tapered off in the following weeks. #gaming #highguard #fps