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Rockstar Games has banned user-created missions in its “Grant Theft Auto Online” game that recreated the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Additionally, “GTA Online” has added “Charlie Kirk” to the list of terms prohibited by what it refers to internally as its “profanity filter.” Variety has learned that Rockstar will be changing the name of this tool from the legacy title “profanity filter” to a label that reflects the fact the tool is used to flag various content — not just profanity — that Rockstar does not want its players to be able to bring into the game, including real-world events like the Kirk assassination.
Back in December, “GTA Online” launched a feature that lets players design and publish their own missions within the Rockstar-developed sandbox game that can then be played by other users.
Following that feature’s release, some player-created missions involving the Kirk assassination, including one titled “We are Charlie Kirk,” were published. Though that specific mission has since been pulled by Rockstar, walkthrough footage shared online showed that the user-created mission put the player on a roof overlooking a scene similar to the Utah Valley University setting in which Kirk was assassinated last September. The mission prompted the player to shoot a character named Charlie Kirk with a sniper rifle.
It is unclear how quickly Rockstar pulled that mission from its “GTA Online” servers, but as of the time of publication the player-created “We Are Charlie Kirk” experience is no longer available, and sources tell Variety other Kirk-related user-generated content has been removed as it has surfaced, as well.
Representatives for Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two Interactive did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder who helped mobilize the youth vote for Donald Trump, died Sept. 10 after being shot during a college event in Utah. Kirk’s death spurred mass discourse between conservatives and liberals surrounding gun control laws and even resulted in a Jimmy Kimmel’s temporary removal from his ABC late-night series for his remarks regarding Kirk’s death.
“GTA Online” developer Rockstar is set to release the much-anticipated “GTA 6,” the next mainline game in the franchise, on Nov. 19, 2026.
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