How Dr Disrespect's Midnight Society Accidentally Used an Image of Cyberpunk 2077 On Its Website

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Dr Disrespect and his game dev studio, Midnight Society, have recently begun to share a little more about their in-development game. It is still a big question mark, but there are enough images to gather it’s a cyberpunk-style shooter. The very top of the Midnight Society website also states that “Night has fallen in the City—it’s time to choose your path and claim your place in The Existence.”

However, one eagle-eyed fan recently realized there was a major flaw in Midnight Society’s website. At the very top of it, they discovered that one of the images showcased actually comes from the Cyberpunk 2077 2013 trailer. This led some to hope that it was teasing some collaboration withCyberpunk 2077 and others joking about Dr Disrespect’s NFT game stealing images, what many consider a subtle irony. The truth, though, is much simpler than either of these two things.

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The image above shows the specific image used on Midnight Society’s website, but the good news is that it’s already gone. In the grand scheme of things, it was quickly discovered (despite being old, largely unconnected marketing for Cyberpunk 2077) and quickly taken down. Robert Bowling, Studio Head at Dr Disrespect’s Midnight Society, commented on this discovery, first ruling out any potential connection with Cyberpunk 2077.

Then, he explains how this happened: a web engineer pushed an optimization to change the fallback image for the video but accidentally uploaded the wrong image—this frame from the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer. It seems many believed it was a pre-publication placeholder for the game, and aesthetically, it makes sense. There is no denying that Midnight Society’s game has serious 2013