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The next Call of Duty game has been revealed, with much of the reaction focused on its campaign set around a fictional renewed conflict on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Modern Warfare 4, due out 23 October, partly follows South Korean soldiers battling a full-scale North Korean invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Sarah Son, Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield, said the move “could be controversial” as it “turns still-unresolved war into entertainment”. Some Koreans reacted more positively, with one calling Korea’s inclusion in one of gaming’s biggest franchises a “symbolic moment”<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Developer Infinity Ward said the game will be “grounded in the military authenticity Modern Warfare is known for”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The game will launch on current-generation consoles, PC and Nintendo Switch 2, marking the first mainline Call of Duty to skip PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The game’s trailer<\/a>, which has already been viewed almost 22 million times within a day of release, focuses on a group of young South Korean conscripts on what appears to be a routine patrol, before a missile attack from North Korea throws them into full-scale war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Players will also get to play once again as fan-favourite Captain Price, who will appear in different missions in several cities alongside the Korean campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The release of any Call of Duty game is a global cultural event and posts about the latest version have amassed more than three million interactions within 24 hours of the announcement across Instagram, TikTok, X and Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among them, some Koreans reacting to the setting have embraced Infinity Ward’s decision to tell the story from the perspective of ordinary South Korean soldiers caught up in the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The soldiers’ faces and the atmosphere of the locations all have that familiar Korean feel, so I’m genuinely excited,” said one<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n