# Footage of Seoul crush to be removed from Call of Duty after backlash

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/footage-of-seoul-crush-to-be-removed-from-call-of-duty-after-backlash/
- Published: 2026-10-30T10:45:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T11:23:46+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Entertainment (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr1ex26lgqlqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

## Key points

- Activision will remove footage of the Itaewon crush from Modern Warfare 4.
- The 2022 disaster killed almost 160 people.
- Bereaved families welcomed the decision but say they received no direct apology.

## Summary

Activision will remove footage of the 2022 Seoul crush from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 after families of those who died objected to its use in the game. The footage showed victims being carried on stretchers, body bags and attempts to resuscitate people; families said using such scenes for entertainment was deeply inappropriate.

The crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district killed almost 160 people after more than 100,000 people gathered for Halloween and became trapped in narrow streets. Activision said it used news coverage to support the game’s fictional story and did not intend to trivialise the disaster. Families welcomed the removal but said they had not received a direct apology; the game, released last week, depicts a fictional North Korean invasion of South Korea.

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