ProbablyMonsters fires employee for violating “social media policy” with Charlie Kirk comments

Storm Lancers developer ProbablyMonsters is the latest studio to fire an employee over comments made about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

In an X post, published on September 22, 2025, ProbablyMonsters confirmed it had fired an employee over “offensive” comments made about Kirk’s death.

“Respect is one of our core values,” the studio said. “Comments recently made by a former employee about Charlie Kirk’s death were offensive and violated our social media policy.

“We do not tolerate this behavior, and the individual is no longer with the company.”

This is the latest instance of a game studio firing an employee over comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.

Sucker Punch Productions fired a senior artist on Ghost of Yotei over a joke she made about the assassination, and Void Interactive has “ended” its “relationship” with Ready or Not’s community manager over comments they made about Kirk in the game’s official Discord.

Microsoft has also said it is “aware of the views expressed by a small subset of our employees regarding recent events” and is “currently reviewing each individual situation.”

The company posted the statement on X after the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, tagged Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in a post responding to a thread listing Activision Blizzard employees who have been “trashing Charlie Kirk,” asking, “What’s going on here?”

Square Enix, Warhammer/Games Workshop, and Bethesda are among the other game companies facing backlash on social media from some users regarding employee comments.

GamesIndustry.biz contacted ProbablyMonsters for comment on this story. A spokesperson for the studio told us “there is nothing to add to the statement previously shared.”