War is breaking out in the latest Call of Duty trailer—and this time, the battlefield is the Korean Peninsula.
Activision has unveiled a new trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, which aired during Thursday Night Football. The trailer opens like a North Korean propaganda film before quickly descending into the chaos of a full-scale invasion of South Korea.
At the center of the action is a young squad of South Korean soldiers fighting to survive as the front lines collapse around them. What begins as a regional conflict soon threatens to spiral into a much larger global crisis.
The fictional story taps into the real-world tensions that have defined the Korean Peninsula for decades, giving Modern Warfare 4 a particularly timely—and unsettling—backdrop.
The Modern Warfare series has never been afraid to tackle controversial subjects, and the new game appears ready to push that tradition further. This time, players won’t be watching the conflict unfold from a distance. They’ll be on the ground when the war begins.
