Call of Duty Game Under Fire for Using Real Itaewon Crowd Crush Footage
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Call of Duty game under fire for using real Itaewon crowd crush footage
The latest installment in the global Call of Duty game franchise drew condemnation from bereaved families and civic groups in South Korea after players discovered that it contained real footage from the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush. The game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, depicts a full-scale North Korean invasion of South Korea, and initially drew attention in South Korea for its realistic portrayal of the country. However, the reception turned h…
Bereaved families and civic groups are strongly protesting the inclusion of footage of the Itaewon tragedy in a cinematic video for Activision's game "Call of Duty," a subsidiary of Microsoft. The families demanded an apology and the removal of the footage, calling it the exploitation of the tragedy for entertainment, while the game company stated that it was not an intentional disparagement.
(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...
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