Ubisoft by chance confirmed a pop-up advert to gamers in the course of gameplay as the corporate marketed Assassin’s Creed: Mirage’s 20% off Black Friday sale.
A couple of days in the past, movies started to appear on Reddit which confirmed customers being bombarded by a pop-up advert whereas taking part in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. The banner advert would seem when a consumer opened the map in Odyssey and it might present Assasin’s Creed: Mirage on sale for much less 20%.
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Players might then dismiss the advert or click on “Buy Now” to proceed to the storefront and buy the brand new sport. The advert appeared throughout all platforms together with PC, Xbox and PS5. As quickly as somebody opened the map, it might present the banner as a substitute of the map.
One consumer on Reddit shared their video saying they “can affirm” it occurred on PS5 when taking part in the PS4 model of the sport by backwards compatibility.
Ubisoft caught wind of the problem and commented on the pop-up advert. According to the corporate, this complete scenario was an accident and the banner advert wasn’t meant to look in any respect. Ubisoft does have a historical past of promoting video games in different video games.
Most of the house screens for all its titles embrace blocks with adverts for different video games. However, this Mirage advert is rather a lot greater than the small block we often see. The banner took up the vast majority of the display.
“We have been made conscious that some gamers encountered pop-up adverts whereas taking part in sure Assassin’s Creed titles yesterday. This was the results of a technical error that we addressed as quickly as we realized of the problem.”
Ubisoft didn’t share any particulars as to the place the advert was meant to be proven. The firm merely said it was a technical error. The indisputable fact that the banner exists is already regarding. It means the advert was made with the intention to overlap a menu someplace alongside the road. However, gamers haven’t reported seeing it anyplace else. You can see the video of the advert beneath:
Just bought an in-game commercial once I tried to go to the map
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