16 hours ago · South Korea
“Call of Duty” Draws Fire for Using Footage of Crowd Crush
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. New York Times World and CBC World are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to South Korea. The first report grouped here was at 29 Oct 2026, 16:20 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is ““Call of Duty” Draws Fire for Using Footage of Crowd Crush”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4” uses actual visuals from a crowd crush in South Korea, in which over 150 Halloween carousers died in a narrow alleyway.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by CBC World
New Call of Duty game under fire for using footage of deadly 2022 South Korea crowd crush
- Picked up by New York Times World
- Picked up by New York Times World
New ‘Call of Duty’ Game Draws Criticism for Using Footage of Deadly Seoul Crowd Crush
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.