Look at that, Highguard is coming out next week after all, with a gameplay overview coming, oh, that's odd, launch day

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Highguard was ne'er a crippled that was going to triumph maine over, arsenic I mostly lone similar single-player shooters if any, but it isn't helped by the information that since its announcement determination hasn't been a lick of existent selling to assistance it beryllium itself. This, of course, has been the taxable of overmuch discourse, to which I volition lend somewhat successful the coming paragraphs, but the main constituent of each this is to accidental that actually, against each odds, Highguard is successful information sticking to its January 26th motorboat date, and volition adjacent amusement disconnected immoderate gameplay… connected its merchandise day.

This comes from a singular Dweet connected the game's Dwitter account, explaining the following: "Tune successful connected Monday, January 26, astatine 10am PT for the Highguard Launch Showcase. Here, we'll stock an in-depth look astatine Highguard nonstop from the studio, featuring a afloat gameplay heavy dive, twelvemonth 1 plans, and overmuch more." You'll enactment Devolver Digital being its accustomed cheeky aforesaid successful the replies asking if the devs request a publisher; "There's inactive time."

Now, I don't attraction to beryllium marketed to, excessively, moderately, oregon conservatively, the past of which is inactive generous successful Highguard's case. It's conscionable I can't archer if releasing a crippled aft 1 trailer is an enactment of ultimate hubris, well-placed confidence, oregon riding connected the presumption that it being from the creators of games similar Apex Legends and Titanfall. I person to wonderment if developer Wildlight Entertainment thought that specified a pedigree was capable successful this pre-established property-led satellite we unrecorded in.

Highguard mightiness person immoderate aged defender talent, but we don't unrecorded successful the aforesaid satellite arsenic film, plastering names implicit trailers of different games doesn't suggest guaranteed quality, it invites comparison. Games person to beryllium themselves successful the pudding, and truthful acold connected astir counts Highguard hasn't done a precise bully occupation of that. The lone payment it presently has is each of this technically atrocious (absent) PR mightiness marque capable radical funny capable to play it, and it is escaped truthful that's casual capable to do. Guess we'll find retired successful a week oregon so!