Bereaved families appalled by footage of Seoul crush in Call of Duty
Summary
Families of victims of Seoul’s 2022 Itaewon crowd crush have asked Activision to remove footage of rescue efforts used in the opening of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Activision confirmed it used real news footage, said it did not intend to reference or trivialize the disaster, and did not comment on the request to edit the scene.Key Facts
- Almost 160 people died in the Itaewon crowd crush in Seoul in 2022.
- The crush happened during Halloween celebrations in a nightlife district where more than 100,000 people had gathered.
- The game’s opening uses footage of rescue efforts from the disaster to depict the aftermath of a fictional North Korean attack.
- Families of victims described the use of the footage as inappropriate and senseless, and called for Activision to take corrective action.
- Activision said the game’s opening uses real-world news coverage to establish its fictional story.
- Modern Warfare 4 depicts a fictional war between North and South Korea and was released the week before the article was published.
- North and South Korea stopped fighting in 1953 but never signed a peace treaty.
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