Geoff Keighley denies financial stake in Highguard amid online backlash

Kotaku reports Geoff Keighley has denied having any financial stake in Highguard after receiving an odd amount of online hate since the game's release; he responded on X with "lol absolutely not."

Highguard has been out for about 24 hours, and Wildlight Entertainment had originally planned to shadow-drop the Apex Legends spiritual successor before Keighley approached them about featuring it in December’s award show with a pimp spot. Replies to Keighley’s tweets include unhinged responses and accusations that he benefits financially, and the host’s enthusiastic, sometimes teary-eyed reactions at past Game Awards have become a meme that some observers say partly fuels the current scrutiny — including over Highguard’s show-closing placement in last year’s ceremony.

The article’s author wrote they played a bit of Highguard and found problems but were baffled by the level of vitriol directed at the game. How the title ultimately performs is unknown; the piece notes Wildlight appears to have extensive post-launch plans coming down the pipeline.