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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed::Ubisoft started displaying a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey this week. It was caused by a technical error.

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[–] bratosch@lemm.ee 67 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Okay , but if this was a so-called accident, why is there even a function in the game for pop-ups?

[–] evilgiraffe666@ttrpg.network 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's supposed to be in the game but in the main menu instead of the pause menu. They've had main menu popups for dlc for years, not sure if I've seen ads for other games before.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

They're the reason I stopped playing! Origins was the last one I got