Decrypt’s Art, Fashion, and Entertainment Hub. Discover SCENEFollowing the studio’s recent closure, disgruntled fans of the discontinued shooter game Deadrop have started claiming refunds for early access passes through their banks and credit card providers.Players have mobilized in game studio Midnight Society’s abandoned Discord server to spread information on how to successfully chargeback their purchases.Deadrop was the vertical extraction shooter developed by Midnight Society, co-founded by controversial streamer Dr. Disrespect—who was later kicked out of the company due to allegations of inappropriate conversations with minors.PSA: For anyone who purchased a Drivers Key Package from Midnight Society in 2023 for @DEADROP - You can charge back and dispute the money you spent on the goods that you never received. Wanted to wait until I had confirmations on this, and it appears everyone should be able to… — Caramel (@Caramel_Hydra) March 7, 2025The game spent almost two years in early access, after the studio initially sold Founders Access Pass NFTs on Ethereum scaling network Polygon. Following that initial sale, the studio later sold $25 Tower Key passes (which weren’t NFTs), and eventually Drivers Keys for $20-30 apiece, which would unlock future in-game items of varying rarities.Once Midnight Society shut down at the end of January 2025, much of what users thought they’d spent money on was no longer going to be delivered.For example, the Tower Key purchase promised a free battle pass available upon the launch of the game’s first official season, which is no longer going to happen, leading some buyers wanting a partial refund. And those that bought a Drivers Key claim to have never received the in-game items at all.Pseudonymous gaming content creator JustAverageJay, simply known as Jay, shared receipts with Decrypt showing that he spent $449.80 on Deadrop Drivers Keys throughout October 2023, because he wanted to eventually flex the items in alongside his son, who also played Deadrop.On top of this, Midnight Society pledged that legendary items, obtained through the Drivers Keys purchases, would later be tradable on its marketplace

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