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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)
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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 69 points 1 year ago (1 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 16 points 1 year 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 6 points 1 year ago

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