Rogue Company players offered in-game currency after Dr Disrespect content is pulled

Rogue Company publisher Hi-Rez Studios and developer First Watch Games have offered players in-game currency following their decision to remove all Dr Disrespect content from the third-person shooter.

Instead of a refund of the real money spent in order to purchase the items, players will instead be refunded in Rogue Bucks, the game’s in-game currency.

“Hey Rogue Company, we have disabled Dr. Disrespect content previously available on game,” reads a message on the Rogue Company X account. “We will provide full Rogue Buck refunds to any impacted account this week.”

Hi Rez is the latest in a series of companies to cut ties with Dr Disrespect, whose real name is Guy Beahm, following allegations that he had been involved in misconduct with a minor.

Following the allegations, Beahm released a lengthy statement in which he confirmed that he had sent private messages to a minor on Twitch and that they “sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate”, but claimed that there we no “real intentions behind these messages”.

Following the accusations Midnight Society, the studio co-founded by Beahm, announced that it had cut ties with the streamer, saying: “While these facts are difficult to hear and even more difficult to accept, it is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved, especially the 55 developers and families we have employed along with our community of players.”

This was followed by news that accessories maker Turtle Beach had ended its partnership with Beahm, terminating a multi-year deal which would have seen the streamer continue to promote its products and “help design the next round of performance-driven gaming gear”.

Dr Disrespect was one of Twitch’s most popular streaming personalities prior to an unexpected ban and the termination of an exclusive deal with the platform, which was said to have been worth as much as $10 million a year, in June 2020.

Twitch has never publicly confirmed the reason for Beahm’s ban and, following the streamer’s threat to sue in 2021, the pair released statements that the matter had been resolved and that “no party admits to any wrongdoing”.