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Game about a North Korean attack is slammed for footage of a real tragedy

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 uses actual visuals from a Halloween crowd crush in South Korea, in which over 150 people died in a narrow alleyway.

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一款以朝鲜袭击事件为背景的游戏因使用了真实悲剧的画面而遭到抨击。

Introduced in 2003, the first-person shooter Call of Duty franchise is one of the most successful game series in the world, with over half a billion copies sold. — AFP

SEOUL : The latest instalment in Activision’s Call of Duty video game franchise, released recently, is set in the fictional South Korean city of Hajin as it comes under a North Korean attack. But it was a reference to real life – footage of an actual tragedy – that has caused an uproar in South Korea.

The clips in question appear in the opening sequence of the game and depict the emergency response following a fictional North Korean attack.

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