New 'Call of Duty' Game Criticized for Using Footage of Deadly Seoul Crowd Crush
The video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 uses actual visuals from a crowd crush in South Korea, drawing criticism. More than 150 Halloween revelers died in a narrow alleyway in the disaster.
The new video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is drawing criticism because it uses real imagery from a deadly crowd crush in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, The New York Times reported on October 30. Call of Duty is a popular series of shooter video games, and Modern Warfare 4 is its latest installment.
According to the report, the visuals in the game come from an actual event in which more than 150 people celebrating Halloween died in a narrow alleyway. That use of material from a real tragedy in which people lost their lives is the basis of the criticism.
The information available in the source is very brief. It does not include any response from the game's publisher, reactions from victims' families or officials, or details on how and where the footage appears in the game. For now, what is clearly established is that the game uses real visuals from the disaster and that this has prompted criticism.
