Dr Disrespect's Game Site Called Out For Using Cyberpunk 2077 Images
Midnight Society, the game studio started by popular streamer Herschel «Guy» Beahm, also known as Dr Disrespect, has come under fire for allegedly stealing content from the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer. Though Dr Disrespect has never shied away from controversy in his streaming career and in producing content, the added scrutiny to his latest business endeavor has been more related to business practices than Beahm's brash personality.
Recently, Midnight Society came under fire for its decision to include NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, in its still-unknown first title. Although Dr Disrespect and Midnight Society assured players that the integration of NFTs wouldn't affect gameplay and players could get the full experience of the game without buying NFTs, it still led many to criticize the decision. Other streamers have gone so far as to call NFTs a scam and condemn the decision by the studio. Unfortunately for both Dr Disrespect and his studio, this does not appear to be the only issue that will bring negative attention to Midnight Society.
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Twitter user inhuman recently shared two screenshots that appear to be identical. One is from the website for Midnight Society, the other is from the Cyberpunk 2077 teaser trailer, which debuted back in 2018. Players immediately began to accuse Midnight Society of stealing assets, but developer Robert Bowling quickly quelled these accusations. According to Bowling, the engineer pushing an update accidentally published the wrong image. This would indicate that this uploaded image is not indicative of the assets that Midnight Society will use in its games.
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