Footage of Seoul crush to be removed from Call of Duty after backlash
Summary
Activision will remove real news footage of the 2022 Seoul crowd crush from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 in an update on 12 November. The company apologized after families of people who died in the disaster objected to the footage’s use in the game.Key Facts
- The Seoul crush happened in the Itaewon district during Halloween celebrations in 2022 and killed almost 160 people.
- Modern Warfare 4 used news footage of rescue efforts and victims in an opening scene depicting a fictional North Korean invasion.
- Bereaved families said using the footage in an entertainment product was deeply upsetting.
- Activision said it used the footage to establish the fictional story and did not intend to trivialize the disaster.
- Activision apologized to families and victims and confirmed the footage would be removed in the game’s next update on 12 November.
- The families’ association welcomed the removal but told the BBC it had not received a direct apology from Activision.
- North and South Korea have not signed a peace treaty since fighting in the Korean War stopped in 1953.
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