The developer of Highguard has confirmed streamer Dr Disrespect didn’t attend a preview occasion after he created a pretend badge and pretended to have been invited to play the sport early.
On January 24, Dr Disrespect (actual title Man Beahm), tweeted to say: “Final week we took the Lambo to LA to try #Highguard. Monday, January twenty sixth at 10am PST, we enter one other dimension! Yayayaya.”
Final week we took the Lambo to LA to try #Highguard.
Monday, January twenty sixth at 10am PST, we enter one other dimension!
Yayayaya pic.twitter.com/kQ56GEfonB
— Dr Disrespect (@DrDisrespect) January 24, 2026
That remark, which pointed to Highguard’s confirmed launch date, got here alongside a picture of a supposed Highguard occasion badge, which some have speculated might have been generated by AI.
Following Highguard’s launch, questions had been raised in regards to the validity of Dr Disrespect’s submit. Then, Wildlight Leisure creator supervisor Chin Pua took to X / Twitter to verify Dr Disrespect had not attended the occasion, and that the badge was not official. “I can verify DDR was not invited to any Highguard occasion previous or current,” Pua stated, “and the badge was not an official badge.”
So why did Dr Disrespect submit the tweet and its picture? In a stream playing Highguard yesterday, he laughed the submit off as a joke, and expressed disbelief on the social media controversy it had generated.
Dr Disrespect stated on-stream: “‘Final week we took the Lambo to LA to try #HighGuard.’ That is all we stated. Did we are saying we went to the occasion? Did we are saying we acquired palms on? Did I say I used to be going to provide you with my overview and suggestions as we speak? Huh? Did we are saying we had been going to give our suggestions and overview as we speak? ‘We acquired hands-on Highguard.’ Did I say that? Did we play the sport? No. We simply put collectively a photograph poking enjoyable. All these f***ing individuals took it critically. Holy s**t. How mind lifeless is that this f***ing business? How silly is that this business?”
Dr Disrespect went on to hit out at his critics, defend his present model, and demand he stays related. Dr Disrespect returned to YouTube in September 2024 three months after he was demonetized and suspended from the YouTube Accomplice Program following allegations relating to previous conduct with a minor. Beahm has denied any wrongdoing.
Highguard launched final night time and met with massive Steam concurrents but additionally a flood of damaging consumer opinions. Try IGN’s Highguard review-in-progress to discover out what we expect.
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