Draw Harrison, the Sucker Punch developer fired for comments made after the murder of Charlie Kirk, is speaking out. In the two months since her firing, Harrison has had time to reflect on what caused Sucker Punch to let her go from her dream job. Now, in an interview with gaming journalist Alyssa Mercante, she says Sucker Punch fired her because of a harassment campaign led by what Mercante calls “the seething online mass of the American alt-right.”
How It Started
Just hours after Kirk’s assassination, Harrison went on BlueSky to say, “I hope the shooter’s name is Mario so that Luigi knows his bro got his back.” The remark was in reference to Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of the December 2024 shooting of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. What is now being called an off-color joke ignited a firestorm online, directed at both her and Sucker Punch. But Harrison said she brushed it off.
Sucker Punch Senior Dev Drew Harrison mocks Charlie Kirk on BlueSky – BlueSky
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“I just thought, ‘I’m their entertainment for the day,’” Harrison told Mercante. “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.” The next morning, she brought homemade baked goods to the office.
“I made the worst people on the internet mad,” she said in a private group chat. “As an apology, there are banana muffins in the kitchen.”
It seems Harrison underestimated how much people cared about what “they” had to say. Streamer Asmongold and former Blizzard game executive Mark Kern (who goes by Grummz online) put out a call for the firing of any game developers mocking Kirk’s death. Sony and Sucker Punch, readying the launch of the highly-anticipated Ghost of Yōtei, were facing a growing crisis.
Asmongold has put out the call for finding game devs mocking or cheering Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Post your stuff to this thread or if you want to be anon, send it along and I’ll repost it and put it into the list for him. Must send verifiable proof. https://t.co/5HM66KE93Y
— Grummz (@Grummz) September 11, 2025
That afternoon, Sucker Punch leadership released a memo: “Due to a social media post by one of our team members, many corners of our studio and Sony organization are having to manage a developing situation,” the message read. “We may have to pause a trailer release…there will be some significant amount of work created now to ensure we keep the spotlight on the fantastic game we’ve all created. Please be mindful of how you represent yourself online…”
Shortly afterward, Harrison received a video call from Sony Human Resources and was fired.
Dueling Perspectives
After Sucker Punch and Sony fired her, Harrison remained defiant. “If standing up against fascism is what cost me my dream job I held for 10 years, I would do it again 100x stronger,” she posted on BlueSky. In the heat of the moment, she implied that she hadn’t made an off-color joke and had taken a moral stand for which she was being unjustly punished.
Drew Harrison comments on being fired from Sucker Punch after celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk – BlueSky
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Sucker Punch studio head Brian Fleming framed it differently. A week later, he told Game File, “We’re aligned as a studio that celebrating or making light of someone’s murder is a deal-breaker for us, and we condemn that, kind of in no uncertain terms.”
Sony’s social media policy includes, “think before you post,” “consider the impact of your words,” and “be civil.” Harrison admits that her first remark may have been in violation of that policy, but notes neither Sony nor Sucker Punch ever asked her to delete her post, which she says she would have done. “I would have worked with PR to write an apology. It feels like nobody investigated the harassment me and my coworkers were receiving.”
The dislike ratio on the trailer for Ghost of Yotei as of September 19, 2025 at 10:07 p.m. – Youtube, PlayStation
The sticking point, for Harrison, is that Sucker Punch and Sony did not focus on those who demanded consequences for her actions. At the time, the game company and studio were likely more focused on releasing Ghost of Yōtei and avoiding any major public relations backlash.
How It’s Going
The day after the game’s release, Harrison posted on BlueSky, “As it turns out my joke didn’t make the game do any worse, my firing didn’t make the game do any better, so really the only thing that the harassment campaign succeeded in was sucking all the joy out of my life so I guess that’s a W.”
Former Sucker Punch Dev Drew Harrison claiming there was a “harassment campaign” against her over her comments mocking the death of Charlie Kirk – BlueSky
Ghost of Yōtei sold a respectable 3.3 million units in its first month, though that’s about 16% fewer sales than the first game had in the same period. Harrison’s assessment of her impact on the game’s success is subjective, and whether or not it played a factor in the lower sales figures is impossible to know.
For herself, Harrison tells Mercante that she is “extremely depressed and isolated.” While she believes that Sucker Punch has shifted from the company she loved, Harrison remains steadfast in her assessment of what happened to her.
“I was fired because of a harassment campaign. It wasn’t the result of a bad joke,” she said.
Sucker Punch dev Drew Harrison with horns holding a sign that says “Bite Me” on BlueSky – BlueSky
Sucker Punch and Sony have made their policies clear. If Harrison maintains that outside pressure led to her termination of her employment, other studios may want to take note as shape their social media policies and hiring practices.
Why do you think Sucker Punch fired Drew Harrison? Was it a harassment campaign or the result of her actions in the wake of a political assassination? Let us know in the comments!
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“online mass of the American alt-right”
Does she mean, normal people who dislike Karens who mock the brutally murdered?
Left-wing-fascist Karens, I should add.
There are some glaring errors in this article. But two really stick out.
1) Drew Harrison is a HE. He might dress and act like a woman, but his genes still say he’s male and that will never change.
2) Alyssa Mer-Cunt-e is not a journalist. She’s an ideologue, a literal whore willing to sell her body for positive reviews, and a libeler whose every action and word should be questioned.
As for those claims? I don’t believe a word of it. Harrison said something vile and Kusony couldn’t risk keeping him on as a result. The harassment he got online didn’t get him fired, he got himself fired.
Genuinely hate SJWs. They’re never to blame for their own problems, always the victims. To her charlie kirk deserved to die for his speech, but getting fired for her unprofessional inhumanity was harassment. These degenerates should have never been hired in the first place. The whole “we’re the victims of harassment” is pure DARVO tactics. These are manipulators and narcissists that never should be validated.
Even if a single demon like her is removed from power it’s still a small win. That being said, everybody at Sucker Punch is likely the same as her. Don’t give money to people who hate you.
Or to people who proudly and openly express their desire to see you dead.
Hate covers that, but your example is especially true.
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