Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game
Bereaved families have urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game that shows a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the street Bereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers...
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Fact-focusedFactuality: Very highCountry: United KingdomFunding: Nonprofit trustOwner: Scott Trust
IGN Families Who Lost Loved Ones in Seoul Halloween Crowd Crush Call on Activision to Pull Real Footage From Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Bereaved families have called on Activision to remove real footage of the 2022 Seoul Halloween crush disaster from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.
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CNN Backlash grows after deadly crush footage used in 'Call of Duty'
Real footage from a disaster that killed more than 150 people has been used in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The families of those killed are demanding the scenes be removed from the game. CNN's Gage Goulding reports.
Lean: Left VideoFactuality: HighCountry: United StatesFunding: CorporateOwner: Warner Bros. DiscoveryNzherald ‘Call of Duty’ slammed for using real Seoul crowd crush footage
Bereaved families have called for the footage to be removed from the game.
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