Call of Duty Tops South Korea Steam Sales

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, whose campaign imagines a North Korean invasion of South Korea, has topped Steam sales charts in South Korea and worldwide. Its release followed a real-world explosion in the Demilitarized Zone that injured three South Korean soldiers, amid rising tensions on the peninsula. The game follows U.S. and South Korean troops and a power struggle in North Korea, with players also able to control the country’s new leader. Reactions in South Korea range from enthusiasm and personal reflections on family members who fought in the Korean War to concern that the game could trivialize the peninsula’s painful history and current tensions.