THE FUSE

Last week, recently laid off Highguard developer Josh Sobel opened up about what it felt like revealing the game at the Game Awards 2025 and then watching some of the loudest parts of the internet dunk on the game up through its January launch. One of the things he called out was people “gleefully” trying to manifest the online hero shooter’s immediate downfall. The response to his earnest inside look at having worked on the game was immediately greeted by such a harsh and toxic backlash he’s now deleted the post as well as the rest of his account.