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A Korea Herald [https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10920719] report says the opening cinematic of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 [https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4/] will be edited to remove video clips of a real-world disaster in South Korea that left 160 people dead.

The Seoul Halloween crowd crush [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_Halloween_crowd_crush] occurred in October 2022 during Halloween celebrations in the city's Itaewon neighborhood, when a crowd surge in the narrow streets and alleys resulted in 160 deaths and left nearly 200 more injured. The opening cinematic of Modern Warfare 4 uses footage from that disaster to portray the immediate aftermath of a fictional North Korean invasion of South Korea, the basis of the game's story.

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