Highguard Officially Shutting Down, Resident Evil Requiem & Marathon Reviews!

About this episode

The episode features reviews of Resident Evil Requiem and Marathon, along with a discussion on the shutdown of Highguard by Wildlight Entertainment.

Welcome to Active Reload! This week, the James and Grant open things up with reviews of Resident Evil Requiem, where does it stack up with the other Resident Evil's? Is it top 3? Was this Capcom's original idea for RE9? Plus, Grant gives his thoughts on Marathon after the weekend server slam. Will it be a big hit? Or will it struggle with Arc Raiders still pulling big numbers. Finally, Wildlight Entertainment officially announced they would be permanently shutting down Highguard later in March. What can the industry try to learn (again) from this failure at the hands of another studio? Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!

People in this episode

Hosts: James, Grant

Topics covered

• video game reviews
• game industry news
• Resident Evil
• Marathon
• Highguard shutdown

Keywords

• Resident Evil Requiem
• Marathon
• Highguard
• Wildlight Entertainment
• Capcom
• video game reviews
• game industry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wildlight Entertainment, Capcom

Products: Resident Evil Requiem, Marathon, Arc Raiders

Books & works: RE9

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