{"id":16445,"date":"2025-09-19T22:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunfirestudiosinc.com\/?p=16445"},"modified":"2025-09-19T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:53:00","slug":"playstation-studio-boss-breaks-silence-on-dev-fired-for-charlie-kirk-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunfirestudiosinc.com\/?p=16445","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation Studio Boss Breaks Silence On Dev Fired For Charlie Kirk Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For the final week, a warfare has been waging within the YouTube feedback of every new Ghost of Yotei trailer because the PlayStation 5 unique nears its launch date early subsequent month. That\u2019s as a result of a developer at Sucker Punch Productions joked in regards to the assassination of Charlie Kirk on social media. Sony confirmed it parted methods with the worker following a right-wing strain marketing campaign, however declined to difficulty any additional assertion. Now studio head and co-founder, Brian Fleming, has commented on the firing straight in a brand new interview.<\/p>\n<p>The Sucker Punch artist Drew Harrison, a virtually 10-year veteran of the studio, had posted \u201cI hope the shooter\u2019s title is Mario in order that Luigi is aware of his bro obtained his again\u201d on the day the assassination occurred. Lower than 24 hours later she confirmed she fired. \u201cDrew Harrison is now not an worker of Sucker Punch Productions,\u201d a spokesperson for Sony advised\u00a0Kotaku on the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe info are correct,\u201d Fleming Stephen Totilo\u2019s Recreation File on Friday when requested in regards to the scenario. \u201cDrew\u2019s now not an worker right here. I believe we\u2019re aligned as a studio that celebrating or making mild of somebody\u2019s homicide is a deal-breaker for us, and we condemn that, type of in no unsure phrases. That\u2019s form of our studio, and that\u2019s type of the place we&#8217;re.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2000627297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2000627297\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2000627297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Regardless of Harrison\u2019s swift firing, indignant web customers, urged on by clout chasing tradition warriors like Mark \u2018Grummz\u2019 Kern, have been demanding Sony take motion in opposition to any workers members who could have preferred or reposted Harrison\u2019s remark, whereas additionally concentrating on different corporations and their staff over potential anti-Kirk sentiment. That included Bethesda, which was accused of mocking the right-wing podcast\u2019s supporters when it posted a clip from Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle of the well-known Nazi puncher saying to a kitten, \u201cYou don\u2019t care a lot about these fascists, do you?\u201d It was later deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Gaming staff had been additionally focused, together with by Elon Musk. \u201cWe\u2019re conscious of the views expressed by a small subset of our staff concerning latest occasions,\u201d the corporate introduced in response on September 12. \u201cWe take issues like this very significantly and we&#8217;re at the moment reviewing every particular person scenario. Feedback celebrating violence in opposition to anybody are unacceptable and don&#8217;t align with our values.\u201d A spokesperson for the corporate declined to remark when requested if anybody had been fired from Microsoft following these investigations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSucker Punch is wonderful &amp; one of many previous few brilliant shining lights within the sport business,\u201d Harrison posted this week. \u201cI nonetheless assist them and I can&#8217;t condone any animosity directed at them. It\u2019s actually all the very best individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/sucker-punch-charlie-kirk-ghost-yotei-sony-2000627290\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the final week, a warfare has been waging within the YouTube feedback of every new Ghost of Yotei trailer because the PlayStation 5 unique nears its launch date early subsequent month. 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