WIldlight Entertainment, a studio founded by creators of Apex Legends and Titanfall, has announced Highguard, a free-to-play player-versus-player raid first-person shooter coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam with cross-play and cross-progression on January 26, 2026.
“We’re a veteran team who’ve spent years together, creating some of the biggest hits in gaming, including Apex Legends, Call of Duty, and Titanfall,” said Wildlight Entertainment co-founder and CEO Dusty Welch in a press release. “With our first game, we are hyper-focused on creating a new gaming universe of similarly epic scale and quality.”
Wildlight Entertainment co-founder and game director Chad Grenier added, “We created Wildlight because we wanted a game studio where design leads and new games can be built without compromise. Our time on Apex Legends and Titanfall taught us a lot about what it takes to build and sustain a successful franchise.”
Here is an overview of the game, via Wildlight Entertainment:
From the creators of Apex Legends and Titanfall, comes Highguard: a player-versus-player raid shooter where players will ride, fight, and raid as Wardens, arcane gunslingers sent to fight for control of a mythical continent.
Battle rival Warden crews for possession of the Shieldbreaker, then break into and destroy the enemy base to secure territory in this all-new breed of shooter.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.