Midnight Society responds as fans accuse dev of stealing images from Cyberpunk 2077 YouTube: DrDisrespect \/ CD ProjektDr Disrespect\u2019s game studio, Midnight Society, shut down claims they stole images from CD Projekt Red\u2019s Cyberpunk 2077 teaser trailer, telling Dexerto it was a placeholder from early web design. Dr Disrespect made waves after announcing the launch of his game studio, Midnight Society. However, the internet was torn over his decision to give 10,000 players early access to his first game in the form of Founders Pass NFTs. The two-time assured fans NFTs weren\u2019t required to play the game, wouldn\u2019t change the experience of the game, and was intended to be a way for Champions Club members to own a piece of the studio\u2019s history. However, more backlash piled on the studio after Apex Legends streamer Inhuman pointed out they used art from Cyberpunk 2077\u2019s teaser trailer on their website, which led some fans to conclude they stole it. Inhuman posted a screenshot comparing the art used on Midnight Society\u2019s website and the scene in the trailer: \u201cThe first frame on the website for Dr Disrespect\u2019s new NFT game is from the Cyberpunk 2077 teaser trailer.\u201d However, it only appears for a brief moment, which led him to conclude: \u201cIt\u2019s probably just a placeholder mistake, or they\u2019re actually working with CDPR as a cyberpunk collab, which would be pretty cool.\u201d The first frame on the website for Dr Disrespect’s new NFT game is from the Cyberpunk 2077 teaser trailer \ud83e\udd14 pic.twitter.com\/tF2M51Vcev \u2014 inhuman \u26a1\ufe0f (@inhuman) March 19, 2022 After Dexerto reached out for comment, a spokesperson for Midnight Society said: \u201cThat appears to be a placeholder image from early web design days. It was chosen to convey mood. It was supposed to have been swapped out with one of our own.\u201d \u201cWe are fixing that, and at this time, Midnight Society does not have plans to collaborate with CD Projekt Red.\u201d This was echoed by Studio Head Robert Bowling, who said a web engineer \u201cpushed an optimization that was meant to change to fallback image for the video on the website and accidentally uploaded the incorrect image.\u201d The image from the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer will be removed from Midnight Society\u2019s site soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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