Midnight Society, the studio develops a first-person shooter game. deadHe announced on Monday that after the co-founder and popular streamer Dr. Disrespect (known as Guy Beahm) sued on Twitter, he was banned from streaming on the platform Twitch.
The studio He announced his decision on Twitter. On Monday, he wrote on Friday that he had begun investigating the allegation after it surfaced on social media.
“We have started talking to the concerned authorities claiming that I am innocent. And as a studio and as individuals, we must take action to protect our principles and standards,” the studio's official account tweeted. “As a result, we are terminating our relationship with Guy Beeham with immediate effect.”
“While these facts are hard to hear and even harder to accept, it is our duty to act with dignity to all individuals involved, especially the 55 developers and families we have employed along with the player community,” he added.
Beham, known for donning wigs and sunglasses and channeling his character as a macho action star, was banned from the Amazon-owned video game streaming platform in 2020. Twitch doesn't say Beamh was booted from the platform. But he said that in his statement. Due to violations Its community guidelines.
In the year In 2021, he sued the platform for breaching his exclusive contract with the stream, and in 2022, they The matter was settled Neither side admits the fault. But last week, a former Twitch employee Cody Connors was charged A user has been banned for sexual misconduct, without identifying the person in question.
The allegations about Beahm were widely believed, and swept the gaming scene over the weekend, with some industry members saying they had heard similar allegations in the past but could not confirm them. Beahm then tweeted a statement on Saturday.
“Listen, I'm obviously bound by legal obligations under the contract with Twitch, but this is the crappy internet so I have to say what I can.” Beahm wrote. “I didn't do anything wrong, it was all investigated and fixed, nothing illegal, nothing wrong, I was paid.”
The founders of his Midnight Society disagreed that there was no wrongdoing, but removed him from the studio. Season Stream todayBeham appeared to respond to some of the news and then said he felt “burned out” on the stream and suggested he might be gone for a while.
DecryptGG contacted representatives of the Midnight Society and Dr. Scorn, but did not immediately hear back from either party.
Deaddrop is an arcade-style PC shooter that was originally released for sale. NFTs on Ethereum Measurement network Polygon, which served as both profile pictures and access to in-development game passes. Midnight Society failed to implement any other blockchain elements in Deaddrop during several major feature improvements.
Edited by Guillermo Jimenez
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