Controversy Erupts as 'Call of Duty' Removes Footage of Seoul Crowd Crush Following Backlash

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.

10/30/2026

American video game publisher Activision said Friday that it was removing controversial footage from its newly released "Call of Duty" game after an outcry in South Korea over the inclusion of...

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...

10/30/2026

US publisher Activision said it will remove the footage entirely.

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...