There is a commotion over the Call of Duty Twitter-while many fans are looking forward to hearing news about the upcoming video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops III" the tweets from the game's official Twitter account seems to be misleading. Or is it teasing something?
The account rebranded itself and now goes by the name of "Current Events Aggregator," Games Radar reports. The account comes with the tagline, "We bring you the real news," IGN has learned.
There were 2.88 million "Call of Duty" fans following the said account and they were quite perplexed with the changes, because instead of hearing about new multiplayer modes, the account posts future fashion, mysterious explosion and quarantine in Singapore.
Narcis Dravinski brings his fall fashion line #Elabor8MZFIT to Milan this week - read more: https://t.co/JmrEpqwXA0 pic.twitter.com/hSvtgnGN9d
- Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) September 27, 2015
Congrats to #TidalVortex for dominating the box office two weeks in a row:https://t.co/8g3X63bxZ4 pic.twitter.com/kmuV5pEEZV - Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) September 28, 2015
Initially, the posts were real reports but it turns (fictionally) serious, which alarms its followers.
The cause of the explosion is unknown, but large plumes of dark smoke have been seen rising from the site. pic.twitter.com/dsJZ6hti7Y
- Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) September 29, 2015
UPDATE: Sources confirm explosion took place at Singapore Research Laboratories belonging to Coalescence Corporation pic.twitter.com/UyW9Ph8XA4 - Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) September 29, 2015
UPDATE: Singapore Authorities have officially announced a state of emergency and declared martial law.
- Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) September 29, 2015
The posts involving the terrorist attack in Singapore were not received by the public well. As IGN puts it, "Tragedy as entertainment works; tricking people into thinking Singapore is really under attack as a piece of marketing is irresponsible." The report suggests that Activision is looking for public attention and "exploited peoples' empathy and fear of tragedy to drive retweets and pre-orders." Misleading the public into thinking that someone is harmed just for the sake of marketing is dangerous. Four hours after the initial post and two hours after the final made-up story, Activision tweeted again: "This was a glimpse into the future fiction of #BlackOps3." One user retweeted it.
"This was a glimpse into the future fiction of #BlackOps3" - ReTweet if you're excited for the Campaign in #BO3! pic.twitter.com/FmTrOBtSxG - COD Intel (@codintel8880) September 29, 2015
"Call of Duty: Black Ops III" will be released on Nov. 6, 2015 for PC, PlayStation 3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
