How to Butcher Your Entire Game Studio in Under 45 Days - Highguard's Disastrous & Confusing Story

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Highguard was sold to the gaming community as a revolutionary shooter, made by the same developers of apex legends, titanfall and even the call of duty series.
What was incredible is how it was presented during the game awards' most valuable time slot, as the show's final and most important reveal, with the host, Geoff Keighley, unable to stop talking about it after the fact on Twitter, even going as far as staking his entire reputation on it being a good game.
Well, as you might have guessed, it wasn't, and even after spending tens of millions of dollars on development, all while lying about being indie, Highguard would shut down in under 45 days, here's the full story.

0:00 Intro
1:40 Context
16:30 Highguard Devs Disappear Right Before Launch
26:49 Studio Faces Immediate Existential Threat
37:47 Why this Game was a Failure from Day 1
47:59 Gabe Newell Predicted this in 2002

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