Highguard will "permanently shut down" next week after "one final game update," dev confirms: "We have not been able to build a sustainable player base"
www.gamesradar.com
"Servers will remain online until March 12th"

Archived article: https://archive.md/HONwC

They’ll release one more update (my guess is whatever release-ready content they’ve already got), then the servers will shut down next Thursday.

“We don’t need player counts to be super huge in order to be successful” is starting to ring hollow.

    • very_well_lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      People who enjoy hardcore pvp and extraction shooters are hyped… but the important question is whether or not those people represent a large enough niche to sustain a game with such a massive budget.

      I’m guessing it won’t be, but who knows.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Not a lot, just enough to get the feel of the game, but also to realize that I’m not the target audience. In some ways, it’s similar to Counter-Strike 1.6 twenty years ago: if I have a group of friends and an hour of free time, then sure, I might hop on. But I won’t be investing the time and long-term effort that an extraction shooter expects of me.

      The moment to moment experience is good. Bungie haven’t forgotten how to create a tight FPS experience. But the game needs longevity and that’s what concerns me.