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Highguard studio Wildlight confirm layoffs, after level designer claims "most of the team" have been let go

Highguard studio Wildlight confirm layoffs, after level designer claims "most of the team" have been let go "A core group of developers" remain to "continue innovating on and supporting the game", Wildlight say Wildlight, the studio behind recently released shooter Highguard, have confirmed that they've "parted ways" with an unspecified number of staff. This confirmation follows a former Wildlight level designer affected by the cuts claiming in a LinkedIn post that "most of the team" at the studio have been laid off. "Unfortunately, along with most of the team at Wildlight, I was laid off today," the post from senior level designer Alex Graner reads. "This one really stings as there was a lot of unreleased content I was really looking forward to that I and others designed for Highguard." A number of other former Wildlight staff, including social and community lead Alex Ackerman, lead tech artist Josh Sobel, and lead producer Hunter Hudspeth have since shared their own posts about being let go.