2023-11-26 11:58:25
Some Assassin’s Creed players got an unwanted surprise this week when a full-screen pop-up ad appeared mid-game. The ad was reported by players on both the Xbox and PlayStation versions of the game and appeared when players navigated to the in-game map screen. We have been made aware that some players encountered a pop-up message in-game while playing certain Assassin’s Creed titles yesterday. This was the result of a technical error that has now been fixed. Our intention was to display a promotion for Assassin’s Creed Mirage as part… — Assassin’s Creed (@assassinscreed) November 24, 2023 In a post on Twitter, Ubisoft acknowledged the issue and attributed it to… Technical error has now been fixed. According to the company, it intends to display a promotional advertisement for Assassin’s Creed Mirage in the main menu of other Assassin’s Creed games. However, a bug caused the promo to appear in the in-game menus as well. No, you were testing rollout of these ads in the game and it went wider than you wanted. If you’d honestly said that – people might have bought it. They know you’re lying now. — ThanksForTheMemeries (@The_Memeries) November 24, 2023 Gamers on both X and Reddit were skeptical of the excuse, suggesting the company intentionally included the ad, and only claimed it was a mistake when it was met with backlash. No matter how or why the ads got into the game, they will no longer be displayed.
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