– Geoff Keighley announces Highguard as the "one more thing" debut at TGA 2025. Stating in reference to Wildlight that "The power of independent self-published studios to push this medium forward…" etc.
– Wildlight allegedly did not pay for its trailer spot.
– Wait, they did pay? Just not for the final spot at the TGA?
– No. no. no. Actually Wildlight meant to just shadow drop the game until Geoff reached out to them.
– Oops. The independent self-published studio is allegedly funded by Tencent.
This is insane. For the sake of the industry and the integrity of TGA this absolutely needs to be addressed. The entire fiasco is one big Spider Man meme.
Also, it is hard for me to imagine that Geoff played Highguard and was so impressed that he offered the premier trailer spot to Wildlight pro bono. Especially considering a 3 minute trailer at TGA 2025 costs over one million dollars. Imagine what the final spot is worth.
edit: added link to TGA.