Highguard Players Receive Surprise PS5 Refunds as Studio Closes

Less than a week after Highguard's servers went offline, PlayStation 5 players began receiving emails on March 17 from Sony notifying them that money spent on the free-to-play shooter's battle pass and skin shop had been returned. Wildlight Entertainment appears to be repaying purchases as the studio prepares to shut its doors.

It is unclear whether refunds cover everyone who ever spent money on Highguard or only those who bought items after Wildlight announced layoffs a few weeks after launch. Sony may have mandated the repayments, and it's not known if refunds are also being issued on Steam or Xbox.

Because the game was free to download, refunding everyone would mean the shooter earned nothing over its barely two-month lifespan. Some players welcomed the refunds—"I honestly didn’t care for a refund," one person wrote on the subreddit—and others had chosen to spend on the game for sentimental reasons.

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