{
  "id": 17063543,
  "title": "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 intro cinematic is \"not intended to reference or trivialise\" real-world South Korean crowd crush, Activision say amid reported backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-intro-cinematic-is-not-intended-to",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-29T12:34:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-intro-cinematic-is-not-intended-to-reference-or-trivialise-real-world-south-korean-crowd-crush-activision-say-amid-reported-backlash"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The intro cinematic of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, this year's Activision mil-shooter , has reportedly caused controversy in South Korea due to the use of some real world news footage from a 2022 crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district which killed around 150 people. Activision have now issued a response to the situation, in which they state the intro is \"not intended to reference or…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}