Midnight Society, a studio developing first-person shooters Dead Dropannounced on Monday that it was firing its co-founder and popular streamer Dr. Disrespect (aka Guy Beam) after he was accused of tweeting why he was banned from streaming platform Twitch.
studio He tweeted the decision. The company said Monday that it had launched an investigation after the allegations emerged on social media on Friday.
“We assume he is innocent and have begun discussions with those involved, and in order to uphold our principles and standards as a studio and as individuals, we needed to act,” the studio’s official account tweeted. “As such, we are terminating our relationship with Guy Beam, effective immediately.”
“While these facts are painful to hear and even more painful to accept, it is our duty to act with dignity for all those involved, especially the 55 developers we employ and their families, and our community of players,” it added.
Beam, who is known for streaming while wearing a wig and sunglasses and portraying a macho action star, was banned from the Amazon-owned video game streaming platform Twitch in 2020. Twitch did not say when Beam was banned from the platform but said in a statement: Due to violation Community guidelines.
He sued the platform in 2021 for breaking exclusivity contracts with streamers, and in 2022 Problem solved Neither side has admitted to wrongdoing, but last week a former Twitch employee Cody Connors It said the user had been banned for sexual misconduct, without specifically naming the person in question.
The allegations, widely believed to be against Beam, took the gaming industry by storm over the weekend. Some industry insiders said they had heard similar accusations in the past but had not been able to corroborate them. Beam later tweeted a statement on Saturday.
“Look, we’re obviously bound by legal obligations from our settlement with Twitch, but this is the internet and we just need to say what we can.” Beam wrote:“I did nothing wrong. This whole matter was investigated and resolved. Nothing illegal was done, no wrongdoing was found, and I received my compensation.”
But the Midnight Society co-founders disagreed, finding no wrongdoing, and kicked him out of the studio. Today’s StreamBeam appeared to respond to some news afterward, saying he was “exhausted” by streaming and hinting at a possible long-term departure.
DecryptionGG reached out to representatives for both Midnight Society and Dr. Disrespect, but neither immediately responded.
Deadrop is an extraction-style PC shooter originally released through sales. NFT upon Ethereum Scaling Network polygonThis served as both a profile picture and an access pass to the game in development. Midnight Society has yet to implement any other blockchain elements within Deaddrop over the course of multiple major feature updates.
Edited by Guillermo Jimenez
