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

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 to purchase the items, players will be refunded in Rogue Bucks, the in-game currency.

“Hey Rogue Company, we have disabled the Dr. Disrespect content that was previously available in-game,” reads a post on the Rogue Company X account. “We will be issuing a full refund of Rogue Bucks to any affected accounts this week.”

Hi Rez is the latest in a series of companies to cut ties with Dr Disrespect, real name Guy Beahm, following allegations he was involved in misconduct against 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 far toward the inappropriate,” but claimed that there was “no real intent behind these messages.”

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

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

Dr Disrespect was one of Twitch’s most popular streaming personalities before an unexpected ban and termination of an exclusive deal with the platform, reportedly worth up to $10 million per 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 saying the matter had been resolved and that “neither party admits any wrongdoing.”