Highguard Launches on PC and Consoles, and Here’s How to Download This PvP Raid Shooter
Revealed at last December’s The Game Awards as the last game to be unveiled, Highguard by Wildlight Entertainment is a new free-to-play PvP raid shooter that makes its debut today, January 27, on PC and consoles.
If you’re curious to try it out, not only do we have the official info on it, but we’ve also have the download links for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Can Highguard Be the Next Big Multiplayer Game?
Game Features
Players step into the boots of Wardens, arcane gunslingers sent to fight for control of a mythical continent where magic, gunfire, and siege warfare collide:
- Teams of three select a unique base and fortify their defenses, then ride out across vast, uncharted lands to loot, harvest resources, and upgrade their gear while clashing with a rival Warden crew.
- As magical storms roll in, teams battle over the Shieldbreaker, a powerful sword required to breach enemy defenses. Carrying the Shieldbreaker to the opposing base triggers a full raid—forcing teams to attack, defend, adapt, and escalate in power as the match continues.
- Most of the time, victory doesn’t come with a single raid. When that happens, the enemy base shields repair, the siege tower dissipates, and the fight escalates as loot, gear, and weapons all upgrade in the field, and a new Shieldbreaker forms in a different location in the world. From there, the fight for control continues—until only one base is left standing.
A Competitive PvP Experience Built for Variety and Replayability
Each Warden is built specifically for Highguard’s PvP Raid Mode. Wardens combine guns, raid tools, and arcane abilities, each designed to support raiding, destruction, defense, infiltration, resource acquisition, and open-world combat.
Mounts allow teams to move quickly across massive maps, fight on the move, and transport the Shieldbreaker. Magical abilities supplement combat, but Highguard is still a gun game at its core. Gunplay remains central, with abilities and tools adding tactical depth.
At launch, the game features a wide array of content: five large-scale maps, six distinct bases, eight Wardens, three mount types, ten weapons, three raid tools, eleven weapon and raid-tool mods, and a wide range of lootable items. More content will be added via seasonal updates.
Built With Long-Term Play in Mind
Wildlight brings decades of experience operating live-service shooters at scale, applying those lessons to Highguard’s launch and beyond, with a full year of post-launch content already deep in development. Highguard’s live service is built around Episodes—each lasting roughly two months and split into two parts—with new core content arriving each month throughout 2026, including content such as maps, bases, modes, Wardens, weapons, mounts, raid tools, and additional loot items.
Core gameplay content—including new maps, bases, Wardens, and modes—will always be free, delivered through regular updates, with the first wave arriving in two weeks following launch. All in-game purchases are cosmetic only, direct purchase only, with no effect on gameplay and no loot boxes or RNG.
How to Download Highguard
Will Highguard be a hit or will it be the next Concord? Only time will tell, but hopefully it gains some traction just to spice things up in the shooter space.
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Def not a ‘terrible’ game but it is severely lacking… The things I agree with in terms of others complaints – the maps are TOO BIG for just 3v3. 3v3 also makes matchmaking a chore since you’re likely playing with 2 other randoms without a mic against a group of 3 friends… I wish it were 5v5 or 6v6, would make it more fun and feel less empty and boring during certain phases of the match.
I don’t see this surviving in the long run, unless they add different modes or shrink the maps. You can literally go 5-6 minutes without running into the other team at the start.