Dr Disrespect is starting a game development studio ‘with a twist’

Guy ‘Dr Disrespect‘ Beahm has revealed plans to start his own game development studio.

The popular streamer, who once worked as a community manager and level designer at Call of Duty developer Sledgehammer Games, is currently looking to recruit a studio head for the new business.

“Dr Disrespect in partnership with BoomTV is taking on the game industry by storm and incubating a new AA/AAA gaming studio that has a unique twist to it,” reads a job advert on Dr Disrespect’s website.

“The studio plans to forge a partnership with a select list of mega influencers and then work closely with them to launch their dream gaming title.

“Those gaming titles will either be incubated and developed OR partner/co develop[ed] with existing indie game developers and launched as mega titles.”

The successful candidate will be offered a co-founder position promising a competitive salary and a significant equity stake.

They will be charged with “spearheading design, art, core gaming loops, meta, viral and retention loops and iterate monetization, go to market, integrated esports and influencer marketing”.

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Dr Disrespect currently streams on YouTube, where his channel has 3.44 million subscribers.

He was one of Amazon-owned Twitch’s most popular streaming personalities prior to the June 2020 termination of an exclusive deal with the platform, said to have been worth as much as $10 million a year.