Ghost of Yotei Dev Speaks Out Following Charlie Kirk Joke Firing
Topics: Ghost of Yotei, Sony, Sucker Punch, PlayStation, PlayStation 5
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Topics: Ghost of Yotei, Sony, Sucker Punch, PlayStation, PlayStation 5
Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk back in September, one Sucker Punch developer was fired after her social media posts making light of the murder began to draw attention.
Now, for the first time since news of her dismissal went viral on social media, ex-Sucker Punch employee Drew Harrison has spoken out.
On 10 September 2025, American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was shot during a talk at Utah Valley Campus.
However, due to his controversial opinions on abortion, gun control, DEI programmes, and LGBTQIA+ rights to name but a few, it is safe to say that his political views were disagreeable to many.
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As such, his death was not met with sympathy from all, especially by the left-wing public and that included Sucker Punch artist Harrison.
Following Kirk’s death, Harrison took to her personal BlueSky account to make light of the situation.
“I hope the shooter’s name is Mario so that Luigi knows his bro got his back,” she had posted on the day of the murder.
However, following multiple reports and complaints, Harrison was fired and now in an interview with Aftermath, Harrison has outlined what actually happened behind the scenes.
“I just thought, ‘I’m their entertainment for the day,’” Harrison explained.
“I assumed it was going to go how it always has: Nobody cares about what they say because they literally only harass for the fun of it.”
Following Harrison’s post, the Ghost of Yōtei studio became the subject of online harassment, with some users calling for a boycott of the studio and its games unless Harrison was dealt with.
“I made the worst people on the internet mad,” Harrison had written in the office chat the next day. “As an apology, there are banana muffins in the kitchen.”
According to Harrison, she had later had an unscheduled call from a Sony HR rep who told her that she was immediately being fired as a result of “inciting violence” following her social media post.
“Full disclosure, the joke was not in the best taste,” Harrison said.
“But at no point did anyone ask me to delete it. At no point did anyone ask me to apologise—and for the record, I would have. I would have worked with PR to write an apology. It feels like nobody investigated the harassment me and my coworkers were receiving.”
Not only that but Harrison has revealed that nobody from Sucker Punch Productions’ leadership reached out before her dismissal and since then, Sony has reportedly never directly commented on the firing.