Call of Duty game under fire for using real Itaewon crowd crush footage
Bereaved families and civic groups called the 3-second clip inappropriate and demanded its removal, while Activision said the footage supported the game’s fictional story.
- Activision is facing backlash for allegedly including real footage from the Itaewon crowd crush in a cinematic sequence for the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.
- The Itaewon crowd crush during Halloween on Oct 29, 2022, killed more than 150 people, and Thursday marks the fourth anniversary of the tragedy.
- On Wednesday, the Families of the Itaewon Disaster and the Citizens' Countermeasures Meeting for the Itaewon Disaster issued a joint statement condemning the footage, which depicts citizens performing CPR.
- Activision told Yonhap News Agency it had "no intention to reference or trivialise the disaster," noting the scene supports a fictional story about a North Korean invasion of South Korea.
- Demanding the removal of the clip, the Families and Citizens stated its inclusion has deepened trauma for survivors and added to their pain from hateful online comments.
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The final opus of the subjective shot game develops the scenario of an invasion of the country by North Korea. Deploying the criticisms of the pacifists and the applause of the conservative opposition, which uses the game to criticize the President's policy of conciliation.
While the new game *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4* has sparked controversy domestically over the "entertainmentization of war"—ranging from North Korea’s invasion to the South Korean military’s advance on Pyongyang and the elimination of the North Korean supreme leader—positive reviews regarding its story are emerging among overseas users, including those in Chinese and Russian-speaking regions. As of 1:00 PM on the 28th, the Korean user rating…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Kim Ju-hwan and Yang Su-yeon = In 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4,' a first-person shooter (FPS) game based on a North Korean invasion of South Korea, the Itaewon...
As it became known that actual footage from the Itaewon tragedy was used in the game 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4,' bereaved families, civic groups, and user organizations have demanded its removal. According to the gaming industry on the 28th, it has been reported that actual footage filmed during the Itaewon tragedy was included in the opening cinematic video of 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4,' a first-person shooter (FPS) game released o…
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