Victims' families have demanded changes to the cutscene, it's claimed

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The intro cinematic of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, this year's Activision mil-shooter , has reportedly caused controversy in South Korea due to the use of some real world news footage from a 2022 crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district which killed around 150 people. Activision have now issued a response to the situation, in which they state the intro is "not intended to reference or trivialise the Itaewon disaster or any other real-world tragedy".

Korean site SBS News have reported on the backlash Modern Warfare 4's opening cinematic has caused in the country.…