A brand-new shooter game revealed at The Game Awards 2025 is giving off serious Overwatch and Concord vibes.
Highguard, a new hero shooter game developed by new studio Wildlight Entertainment, was the final announcement at The Game Awards 2025. The Game Awards 2025 was full of big world premiere reveals, with some of gaming’s longest-running franchises represented at the show. Instead of relying on an established IP for the big final announcement at the event, Geoff Keighley showcased the brand-new IP Highguard.
Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment is comprised of developers that once worked for Respawn Entertainment on games like Apex Legends and Titanfall. According to Keighley, 61 team members that worked on those iconic FPS games made Highguard, and while its announcement hasn’t exactly been met with open arms, fans of games like Overwatch may be interested.
Highguard is a fantasy FPS hero-shooter that looks like a blend of other games in the genre, with plenty of its own original ideas thrown into the mix as well. Described as a « raid shooter », Highguard features a cast of distinct characters with their own unique abilities.
