Since the tumultuous reveal of Highguard during 2025's The Game Awards, there's been a question as to where the funding for the game's studio, Wildlight Entertainment, came from. Multiple new reports point to Tencent being among the backers.

According to The Game Business and Game File, Chinese internet behemoth Tencent funded Wildlight, at least in part, by way of the company's TiMi division. Game File's report said Tencent was the "lead financial backer."

Wildlight described itself as a "fully-funded" studio on its website, but the team never explained what that meant or where its funding came from. On January 27, GameSpot asked the Highguard team if it could share any further information about funding sources, but the company never replied. In the wake of the reporting that Tencent funded Wildlight, a spokesperson for Wildlight told GameSpot on February 17 that it had no further information to share.

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Despite releasing in early access just last month, Hytale is already on its third major update, bringing new content and features including animal taming, a new fire spread system, and more.

The biggest new feature arriving in Hytale is animal taming, a new system that will allow players to tame some of the game's "friendlier" creatures using their favorite foods. Tamed animals can be petted if you aren't holding anything, and can be fed periodically. Tame animals won't run from players, and some of them can also be milked, sheared, or mounted.

Hypixel has also added a major quality-of-life feature in the form of map markers, where players can place their own customizable markers on the map, and even share markers with friends in multiplayer. Hytale has also added its very first non-English language options, with Brazilian-Portuguese and Russian the first localization options added.

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Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Did you ever wonder what would have happened had Captain Janeway decided differently? If an important crew member had followed a different path? Or what the outcome would have been had the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager embraced Borg technology to increase their chances of survival? Wonder no more: Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown allows players to take control and shape the journey of the U.S.S. Voyager as they want. Take a risky approach or play it safe. Be diplomatic or let phasers do the talking. Research technologies that were shunned by the crew. But: Be prepared to deal with the consequences of your actions! The game features rogue-like elements, so in each run you will encounter different situations and even iconic characters might meet an early end if you don’t react accordingly.

Meet the FUR Squadron! They will make you a true ace pilot, hone your skills before it's too late! Featuring a roguelite structure with skill trees that unlock abilities and stats. Showcasing intricate, dynamic, and captivating landscapes and environments. Huge bosses and fleets of enemy ships, on space, air and sea. Shiny new weapons, offering more than just conventional guided projectiles. Get ready to wield a colossal power beam, multi-missile barrages, and a powerful nuke strike! "Friendship" system with other characters, allowing for unlocking conversations and support skills. Our FUR Squadron pals are suiting up to have your back. Support can be summoned for reinforcement.

Scott Harris is a dedicated police officer at the local Rockville Police Department. Though lately, his life has been consumed by intense parasomnia - a sleep disorder that has left him extremely exhausted. His hope lies in an experimental brain surgery scheduled in three days. This is his last chance to reclaim control over his mind and escape the horrifying nightmares that plague him. Until then, Harris has to endure three more nights of pure terror. Every time he falls asleep, he finds himself trapped in surreal, terrifying dreamscapes. With fragmented memories of his police work as his guide, Harris pushes forward, believing that survival will bring him closer to clarity. However, as the nights progress, the nightmares become more vivid and unnervingly real. The line between dream and reality blurs.

Blaze of Storm is a vertical-scrolling shmup featuring cyber-inspired pixel art, exhilarating fast-scrolling, and a variety of sub-weapons. As a cyberdiver, you'll delve into cyberspace and battle a diverse range of enemies. Each of the five selectable sub-weapons has its own unique characteristics, making it fun to use them appropriately depending on the situation. In addition, when a sub-weapon comes into contact with an enemy, it generates an explosion that deals continuous damage. Making good use of this explosion is key to victory. More than 20 unique bosses appear one after another, providing a varied and condensed gameplay experience.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood was one sour batch of sauerkraut. Marinated in a noxious and ill-fitting live-service-adjacent brine, this troubled spin-off (and the mediocre virtual reality title it launched alongside) left a bad taste that has lingered for almost seven years. Developer MachineGames’ adventures with another famous Nazi-killer and increasingly longer AAA development cycles have meant Youngblood’s aftertaste has stuck around longer than it should have.

This drought is reportedly almost over, though, since reports forecast the streets will once again run red with Nazi blood sometime soon in a new Wolfenstein game, further backing up light teases from the MachineGames team itself. There’s a lot riding on Wolfenstein 3: a game that has to meet the moment in more ways than one--and can’t follow in Youngblood’s footsteps.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the fourth entry in MachineGames’ alt-history Wolfenstein series and sets the franchise in the 1980s. But instead of controlling longtime series hero B.J. Blazkowicz in a single-player adventure, Youngblood puts players in the power armor of his twin daughters, Jess and Zofia, and, to its downfall, focuses more on co-op and RPG mechanics.

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It's been a tumultuous road for Highguard and its developer Wildlight Entertainment, and a couple of abnormalities online have observers believe the online first-person shooter is not long for this world. Less than a week after layoffs at Wildlight, the official Highguard website went offline, eliciting speculation that it's the end of the road for the game.

The Highguard website currently displays a "Site Unavailable" message and a support email address to Code32, a hosting service specifically for video game websites. The error page also contains links to the game's official X account and an invite to the game's Discord server. As observed by Reddit users, the Discord button erroneously led to an unrelated server for a similarly named "High Guard Gaming Guild" before it was fixed at some point.

While it's possible that the website's downtime is due to a hosting issue, the silence from Wildlight has players concluding that the studio has called it quits on the game after a mixed reception and faltering player numbers.

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