Rockstar has pulled a fan-made mission in Grand Theft Auto Online designed to replicate the real-life assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Variety reports that a user-created level named “We Are Charlie Kirk” was recently pulled from the game, and that Rockstar has now added “Charlie Kirk” to its list of banned words — meaning that players will no longer see missions labelled with his name.
It’s unclear how quickly Rockstar acted to remove the mission, though footage of it was uploaded to YouTube that’s now over a month old. Rockstar added the ability for players to create and publish their own in-game missions as part of the A Safehouse in the Hills update that launched on December 10 — meaning this content was made within a day or two of the mode going live.
Today, IGN has seen that footage of “We Are Charlie Kirk” mission still exists on YouTube, where we have spotted similar footage of at least one other fan-made GTA Online Charlie Kirk assassination level that existed at one point, too.
Both missions feature similar gameplay, where the player takes on the role of Charlie Kirk’s murderer. Completing each mission requires the player assassinate Kirk at long range from a nearby rooftop, with the levels’ layouts familiar to anyone with knowledge of the killing.
Kirk’s death in September 2025 sent shockwaves through America, and raised political tensions ever higher. In the wake of the right-wing political activist’s murder, chat show host Jimmy Kimmel was briefly suspended by ABC — only to be brought back following public pressure. The CEOs of online platforms such as Discord, Steam, Twitch and reddit were also called before a U.S. House committee to testify at hearing on the “radicalization of online forum users.”
Rockstar has not yet commented on its removal of Charlie Kirk-related content from GTA Online, though it appears to have an uphill battle on its hands to remove similar missions appearing in future. A quick check of the game’s mission directory shows other examples exist, including “Charlie Kirk assassination” (written in Korean and apparently created by a South Korean player) that still appears when you search in English for “Kirk.” A translated description of the mission reads: “Kill Charlie Kirk to gain money and fame.”
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