Amid the fallout surrounding prominent streamer Dr Disrespect, 2K confirmed to Dexerto that his presence will be removed from NBA 2K24 over the coming weeks.
Last week, a former Twitch employee posted a message on Twitter/X, alleging that streamer Dr Disrespect waspermanently bannedfrom the streaming platform for inappropriately messaging a minor. Since then, Dr Disrespect has admitted to sending the messages and confirmed that they were the reason for his ban, prompting several organizations to distance themselves from the streamer.
Dr Disrespect’s gaming studio, Midnight Society, hasdisassociateditself with him. And recently, the San Francisco 49ersstatedthat the team will no longer collaborate with Doc, either.
Now, 2K has decided to cut ties with Dr Disrespect, as his name in NBA 2K24 will disappear over the next few weeks.
2K confirmed to Dexerto that the streamer’s name will be removed from the game and his animations, and will be replaced with generic names instead. Dr Disrespect had been featured in MyCareer, as his custom in-game jump shot and dunk style was featured in the game as an equippable animation.
2K has confirmed to Dexerto that Dr Disrespect is being removed from NBA 2K24 in the next patchpic.twitter.com/1KeXLOJBXd
Additionally, 2K will not feature Dr Disrespect content in subsequent games.
The newscomesafter Doc confirmed on X that he did interact inappropriately with a minor, but denied any ill intention behind the messages.
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The streamer is currently on hiatus, but has promised to return to content in the future.
Chris Studley was a Games Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in sports games such as EA SPORTS FC, Madden, NHL, EA College Football, NBA 2K, and MLB The Show. He’s also a big Pokemon fan with bylines at Gamepur and Sports Gamers Online.
