The developer of Highguard has confirmed streamer Dr Disrespect didn’t attend a preview occasion after he created a faux 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 take a look at #Highguard. Monday, January twenty sixth at 10am PST, we enter one other dimension! Yayayaya.”
Final week we took the Lambo to LA to take a look at #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 could 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 affirm DDR was not invited to any Highguard occasion previous or current,” Pua mentioned, “and the badge was not an official badge.”
So why did Dr Disrespect submit the tweet and its picture? In a stream enjoying Highguard yesterday, he laughed the submit off as a joke, and expressed disbelief on the social media controversy it had generated.
Dr Disrespect mentioned on-stream: “‘Final week we took the Lambo to LA to take a look at #HighGuard.’ That is all we mentioned. Did we are saying we went to the occasion? Did we are saying we bought arms on? Did I say I used to be going to present you my evaluate and suggestions at this time? Huh? Did we are saying we had been going to present our suggestions and evaluate at this time? ‘We bought 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 folks took it severely. Holy s**t. How mind lifeless is that this f***ing trade? How silly is that this trade?”
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 evening and met with massive Steam concurrents but additionally a flood of unfavorable consumer opinions. Try IGN’s Highguard review-in-progress to search out out what we predict.
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