Highguard has been out for about 24 hours now, and surprisingly, one of many folks getting flak for the perceived slight of its existence is Sport Awards host Geoff Keighley. Wildlight Leisure had initially deliberate to shadow-drop its Apex Legends religious successor earlier than Keighley approached them about that includes it in December’s award present with a pimp spot, and now that the sport is out and individuals are having…passionate reactions to it, the host has been getting an odd quantity of hate for it.
Ideas on Highguard to date?
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) January 26, 2026
You possibly can test the replies to his tweets for some unhinged responses, however I’ve additionally seen some fairly wild accusations that Keighley has some form of monetary stake in Highguard’s success. He even responded to that line of thinking on X, saying “lol absolutely not.”
A part of this in all probability stems partially from Keighley’s typically teary-eyed enthusiasm about some video games he’s proven on the Sport Awards having become a meme in and of itself, and Highguard’s show-closing placement in last year’s awards show has been below some bizarre scrutiny since December. The host has additionally been telling the Highguard hate brigade they’d regret their words and deeds within the lead-up to launch. Now that the sport is out and many individuals don’t prefer it, Keighley’s earlier assist of the sport is seeing him lumped into the gang that the haters are dogpiling on, now with a mixture of “I told you so.”
I performed a little bit of Highguard final evening earlier than swapping again to the identical live-service recreation I’ve been enjoying for seven years, and yeah, it’s obtained some issues, however I’m nonetheless form of baffled on the degree of vitriol being directed at it. We’ll see how the sport finally does, because it looks as if Wildlight has some fairly in depth post-launch plans coming down the pipeline.
