{
  "id": 17216790,
  "title": "Families Who Lost Loved Ones in Seoul Halloween Crowd Crush Call on Activision to Pull Real Footage From Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/families-who-lost-loved-ones-in-seoul-halloween-crowd-crush-call-on",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-30T11:01:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/families-who-lost-loved-ones-in-seoul-halloween-crowd-crush-call-on-activision-to-pull-real-footage-from-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Families who lost loved ones in the Seoul Halloween crowd crush have demanded Activision to remove real footage from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The game, created by Infinity Ward, puts players in the middle of a North Korean invasion of South Korea. A video of rescue efforts from the Itaewon disaster, which claimed nearly 160 lives, appears briefly in Modern Warfare 4's opening montage. The families expressed their \"appall\" at using the chaotic and desperate scene for entertainment, stating it was highly inappropriate and senseless. Activision claimed they used the footage to establish the game's fictional narrative but did not comment on the request to remove it. The crush happened when crowds of young people flooded the narrow streets of Itaewon to celebrate Halloween, four years ago. Witnesses said police struggled to control the crowds.",
  "summary": "Bereaved families have called on Activision to remove real footage of the 2022 Seoul Halloween crush disaster from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}