Call of Duty Sparks Outrage for Incorporating Real Footage of Itaewon Disaster in New Game

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Call of Duty Sparks Outrage for Incorporating Real Footage of Itaewon Disaster in New Game

New ‘Call of Duty’ Game Draws Criticism for Using Footage of Deadly Seoul Crowd Crush

10/30/2026

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.

CNBC-TV18

Call of Duty faces flak in South Korea for using real footage of 2022 Itaewon disaster, company reacts

10/30/2026

The seconds-long scenes are used to represent a scenario of civilian casualties during a fictional North Korean invasion of its neighbour. The victim’s families have asked for the footage to be...

NDTV

Call Of Duty Maker Faces Backlash Over Use Of Deadly Seoul Tragedy Footage

10/30/2026

Families of victims of South Korea's deadly Halloween crowd crush have demanded that footage of the disaster be removed.

The Straits Times

Publisher of Call Of Duty video game apologises over use of Itaewon crowd crush footage

10/30/2026

US publisher Activision said it will remove the footage entirely.

CBC

New Call of Duty game under fire for using footage of deadly 2022 South Korea crowd crush

10/29/2026

The families of people killed in a deadly crowd crush in South Korea are calling on the makers of the latest Call of Duty video game to remove footage it used from the 2022 incident that left 160...

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First reported: 29 Oct 2026, 16:20 UTC

First saved on ClustZ: 30 Oct 2026, 16:53 UTC

Coverage updated: 30 Oct 2026, 16:53 UTC

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