Outcry prompts ‘Call of Duty’ to cut Seoul tragedy footage

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 real-life footage from a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush in Seoul.
Last week’s global release of “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4” came days before the Oct. 29 anniversary of the disaster in the South Korean capital’s nightlife district of Itaewon, where a crowd of tens of thousands of partygoers surged beyond control in a narrow alley, causing nearly 160 deaths.
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