Sony is issuing automatic refunds to players who paid for additional content in Highguard. Highguard launched on January 26 after almost no communication with prospective players between its December The Game Awards announcement and its release date. While Steam concurrents almost hit 100,000, they soon plummeted. And though developer Wildlight was quick to address issues with the game, even adding a 5v5 game mode to counter 3v3 complaints, it wasn't long before most of the studio was laid off. Wildlight went on to announce that it would permanently shut down Highguard on March 12, but not before a "farewell tour" patch. Now, as spotted by players and shared on Reddit, refunds seem to have been issued automatically, with one refunded fan writing: "I honestly didn't care for a refund. I enjoyed the game and enjoyed supporting it, but if you were looking for a refund, they are sending them out." So far, it seems that Sony is preemptively returning players' money — commenters in the same thread claim to have not yet heard from Steam or Xbox. If this all sounds familiar, that's because it is, with Highguard following a similar trajectory to disastrous live service hero shooter Concord,
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The fates of two ostensibly similar online games released this year, Marathon and Highguard, prove that success is becoming close to unattainable What does success look like for developers of online video games? In…
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