{"id":711460,"date":"2026-02-12T04:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wildlight-entertainment-lays-off-number-of-staff-core-group-to-continue-supporting-highguard\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:35:25","slug":"wildlight-entertainment-lays-off-number-of-staff-core-group-to-continue-supporting-highguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wildlight-entertainment-lays-off-number-of-staff-core-group-to-continue-supporting-highguard\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlight Entertainment lays off \u2018number\u2019 of staff; \u2018core group\u2019 to continue supporting Highguard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Wildlight Entertainment has laid off \u201ca number\u201d of staff while retaining a \u201ccore group\u201d to continue supporting its recently launched free-to-play first-person shooter\u00a0<em>Highguard<\/em>, the studio <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WildlightEnt\/status\/2021745168387596450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday 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 [<em>Highguard<\/em>],\u201d Wildlight Entertainment said. \u201cWe\u2019re proud of the team, talent, and the product we\u2019ve created together. We\u2019re also grateful for players who gave the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> a shot, and those who continue to be a part of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes following a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/alex-graner-a37262114_alex-graners-resume-activity-7427480816940892161-hmDh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn post<\/a> from now-former Wildlight Entertainment level designer Alex Graner, who said that he was laid off alongside \u201cmost of the team at Wildlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lay-offs come just over two weeks after <em>Highguard<\/em>\u2018s January 26 launch. The game itself was only\u00a0first revealed at The Game Awards in December 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Game <\/a><\/span>category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2026\/02\/wildlight-entertainment-lays-off-number-of-staff-core-group-to-continue-supporting-highguard\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildlight Entertainment has laid off \u201ca number\u201d of staff while retaining a \u201ccore group\u201d to continue supporting its recently launched free-to-play first-person shooter\u00a0Highguard, the studio announced. \u201cToday 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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":711461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Wildlight-Lay-Offs_02-11-26.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}