Dr Disrespect lies about Marathon partnership

Dr Disrespect lies about Marathon partnership | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders design director says players ‘never worked together’ in testing, but the emergence of care bear lobbies ‘encourages us to lean toward giving opportunities to have friendly interactions’ FPS As Destiny 2’s player count continues to tank, Bungie announces that the next major update is delayed until June and getting a new name Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders’ matchmaking isn’t ‘binary’, says design lead: ‘There’s no such thing as a friendly lobby or an aggressive lobby’ Gaming Industry Doom co-creator John Romero adores Ghost Recon and has over 3,000 hours in World of Warcraft: ‘God, I lived in that game every day for five years’ Action Boy, this is awkward: Sony drops the first Horizon Hunters Gathering playtest directly on top of the Marathon server slam this weekend Hardware Panopticon patch Tuesday: Twitch requires Peter Thiel-funded Persona ID verification for some Affiliates to get their first payouts FPS Marathon: Everything we know about Bungie’s sci-fi extraction shooter FPS Highguard website woes are just an administrative thing, developer says, and the studio is in no rush to fix it because ‘reputational damage’ is already done Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders promises severe repercussions for cheating after Marathon twisted the knife on its recent woes: ‘Serious infractions now carry stricter consequences’ FPS ‘Anyone found to be cheating will be permabanned from playing Marathon forever, no second chances’: Bungie’s doubling down on security following Arc Raiders’ recent struggles Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders’ contentious ‘aggression-based matchmaking’ isn’t just smart, but absolutely necessary FPS Highguard didn’t flop FPS Laid-off Highguard developer cuts loose on the reaction to the infamous Game Awards reveal trailer: ‘We were turned into a joke from minute one’ Third Person Shooter ‘Arc Raiders is almost like a social experiment’: Embark Studios’ CEO reveals a neurology professor encouraged him to submit the game for scientific testing to study player behaviour FPS The Marathon art theft debacle has been ‘resolved to my satisfaction,’ according to the artist Bungie stole from PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games FPS Marathon Dr Disrespect lies about Marathon partnership News By Tyler Wilde published 25 February 2026 The streamer was banned from Twitch in 2020 over inappropriate DMs with a minor, and now uses his infamy to extract denials from game developers. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Dr Disrespect, the streamer who was banned from Twitch for life for DMs with a minor that he eventually characterized as “in the direction of being inappropriate,” has taken to lying about official connections to new shooters for reasons best known to him.In January, the streamer claimed to have been invited to a Highguard preview event that he hadn’t actually been invited to and didn’t attend, going so far as to create a fake press access badge. He’s made less of an effort this time, simply using the #marathonpartner hashtag in an X post advertising his upcoming coverage of this week’s Marathon server slam playtest.he’s not partneredFebruary 25, 2026″He’s not partnered,” the Marathon dev team account said in response to a request to confirm or deny the implied claim. Related articles Internet confused as Highguard studio says Dr Disrespect lied about attending a press preview and his photo of an access badge was fake: ‘DDR was not invited to any Highguard event past or present’ The Marathon art theft debacle has been ‘resolved to my satisfaction,’ according to the artist Bungie stole from ‘Anyone found to be cheating will be permabanned from playing Marathon forever, no second chances’: Bungie’s doubling down on security following Arc Raiders’ recent struggles The Highguard stunt caused more confusion. It would have been surprising for that or any studio to invite the streamer to an official event, but not so far outside the realm of possibility that no one believed it. As it turned out, the whole thing was made up. With that precedent set, X users were quick to assume that the implied Bun