Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game
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Thu, 29 October 2026
2 reports- The Guardian World04:41first to report
Bereaved families have urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game that shows a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the street Bereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove harrowing footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush from the latest instalment of the video game. The clips , which are seconds-long, appear in the opening moments of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 , and are used to represent a scenario...
- Index.hr (Croatia)11:55
NOVA igra Call of Duty koristi stvarne snimke tragedije u Seulu iz 2022. Obitelji žrtava traže uklanjanje, a izdavač Activision tvrdi da nisu namjeravali referirati se na stvarne događaje.
Fri, 30 October 2026
4 reports- Google News - Top Stories07:35
Game About a North Korean Attack Is Slammed for Footage of a Real Tragedy The New York Times Seoul crush scene to be removed from Call of Duty after backlash BBC Itaewon Crowd Crush Footage Found in 'Call of Duty'; Bereaved Families Demand Removal, Calling It 'Insensitive' news.sbs.co.kr Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game The Guardian New Call of Duty game under fire for using footage of deadly 2022 South Korea crowd crush CBC
- NYT World07:55
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 uses actual visuals from a Halloween crowd crush in South Korea, in which over 150 people died in a narrow alleyway.
- Google News - Top Stories11:27
Seoul crush scene to be removed from Call of Duty after backlash BBC New ‘Call of Duty’ Game Draws Criticism for Using Footage of Deadly Seoul Crowd Crush The New York Times Activision Criticised for Using Seoul Halloween Crowd Crush Footage in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 IGN Itaewon Crowd Crush Footage Found in 'Call of Duty'; Bereaved Families Demand Removal, Calling It 'Senseless' news.sbs.co.kr Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video...
- Anadolu Agency (AA)16:42
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, depicts N. Korea's full-scale invasion of S. Korea, including footage of 2022 Seoul crowd crush that killed 159 people