Highguard: The New Free-to-Play from Apex Legends Creators
Get ready for an exhilarating new first-person shooter experience with Highguard, developed by a team of experts from Apex Legends and Titanfall, releasing on January 26, 2026!
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Free-to-Play FPS: Highguard's Warden Warfare Launches Jan 2026
Wildlight Entertainment, founded in 2021 by Apex Legends and Titanfall veterans, has announced Highguard, a free-to-play, first-person shooter featuring player-versus-player (PvP) gameplay. CEO Dusty Welch and Game Director Chad Grenier are leveraging their experience from Respawn Entertainment to create Highguard, a title built with creative freedom and innovation in mind. Scheduled for release on January 26, 2026, on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, Highguard focuses on Warden crews battling for control of the Shieldbreaker, which is used to raid and destroy enemy bases. A recently released trailer showcases the gameplay. While details on specific class systems and abilities are forthcoming, Highguard distinguishes itself within the free-to-play FPS PvP genre through its weapons, mounted combat, and territory-capture gameplay.
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- Wildlight Entertainment revealed Highguard at The Game Awards, a free-to-play PvP raid shooter from developers behind Apex Legends, Titanfall, and Call of Duty. The game launches January 26, 2026.
- Titanfall and Apex Legends devs have a new shooter out in less than 2 months: Highguard launches in January 2026 "with hopes of pushing the shooter genre forward"
- Titanfall and Apex Legends creators announce Highguard, a new free-to-play PvP game launching early 2026
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