By “I’d repeat the same choice without hesitation”
- penned by Sammy Barker
Update []: In an email dispatched to Kotaku, Sony has verified that Drew Harrison is no longer part of the Sucker Punch workforce.
The platform proprietor issued a brief statement: “Drew Harrison is no longer employed by Sucker Punch Productions.”
The firm declined to add further context, yet the sequence of events strongly suggests her remarks regarding slain activist Charlie Kirk precipitated the dissolution of her contract.
Original Report: The period ought to be one of jubilation for studio Sucker Punch, with follow-up Ghost of Yotei launching within days.
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Yet the studio could instead be facing a workplace tempest, as a Senior Staff Character Artist is said to have been dismissed after posting opinions on Charlie Kirk’s demise.
For readers unaware, the vocal political pundit was fatally shot while appearing at a gathering in Utah this week. Authorities have yet to apprehend the perpetrator.
Weighing in online, Drew Harrison typed: “I hope the shooter’s name is Mario so that Luigi knows his bro got his back.”
The quip alludes to Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year.
Several hours afterward Drew hinted that her words had been flagged to her bosses—namely Sucker Punch and Sony:
Then, in an early-morning post, she declared: “If opposing fascism is what stripped me of the dream position I held for a decade, I’d make the identical stand a hundred times fiercer.”
She has since amended her LinkedIn profile, stating her tenure at Sucker Punch ended in September 2025.
At this juncture it remains unverified whether her social-media statements influenced her job status, but we will reach out to Sony for clarification.
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