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Outcry prompts ‘Call of Duty’ to cut Seoul tragedy footage
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. NBC News Top Stories is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Seoul. The first report grouped here was at 30 Oct 2026, 19:08 UTC. The headline in use is “Outcry prompts ‘Call of Duty’ to cut Seoul tragedy footage”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
American video game publisher Activision said Friday that it was removing controversial footage from its newly released “Call of Duty” game after an outcry in South Korea over the inclusion of real-life footage from a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush in Seoul.
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