Assassin’s Creed Mirage Pop-Up Advert in Other AC Games Was Result of a ‘Technical Error,’ Ubisoft Claims

Some Assassin’s Creed Odyssey console gamers encountered in-game pop-up advertisements for Ubisoft’s Black Friday Sale whereas enjoying the sport. As per a Reddit video posted by u/triddell24, they stumbled upon an commercial when toggling open the world map, filling the display screen with a dismissible banner for Assassin’s Creed Mirage, at present obtainable at a 20 % low cost. Clicking the ‘Purchase Now’ button would presumably redirect to the shop web page for Mirage. Gamers on-line have comprehensible expressed their disappointment over the in-game commercial that interferes with gameplay. Writer Ubisoft has since apologised for the pop-up, along with stating it was a ‘technical error.’

“We’ve been made conscious that some gamers encountered a pop-up message in-game whereas enjoying sure Assassin’s Creed titles yesterday. This was the results of a technical error that has now been mounted,” Ubisoft addressed in a tweet. The corporate has denied claims that it was an intentional means to promote extra Murderer’s Creed copies, including that it was presupposed to be displayed on in-game menus throughout the franchise. Nonetheless, the error brought about the promotion to indicate up in-game and disrupt the circulation, inflicting many to match it to cellular sport advertisements that continuously urge gamers to have interaction with microtransactions. That stated, a Group Notice connected on the backside of the tweet exhibits an identical occasion from 4 years in the past the place an Assassin’s Creed Odyssey participant was hit with a pop-in advert when attempting to open the map. In-game commercials are met with the identical, if not worse, outrage as microtransactions, which solely exist as a method to extract more cash from prospects.

Each online game publishers and film manufacturing firms have experimented with methods to incorporate pop-up advertisements through the years, regardless of inventing methods to eat ad-free content material. Netflix has been dabbling with cheaper ad-supported alternate options within the US, which may very well be one thing dwell service video games implement into their core mannequin — it would not really feel far-fetched contemplating the second you open a menu on one thing like Overwatch 2, you are urged to work together with battle passes and buy new cosmetics. Even Microsoft has began incorporating fullscreen pop–up advertisements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 upon booting up the Xbox console, no matter whether or not somebody already owned the sport. There are artful methods for a developer to advertise its personal video games — Remedy Entertainment being a terrific instance, the place it could embrace posters and screenshots for its different titles by way of in-world banners, posters, and pc screens.

Earlier this month, Ubisoft confirmed that it was engaged on two new modes for Assassin’s Creed Mirage, obtainable as a free replace in December. Whereas not explicitly talked about, the New Sport+ mode ought to permit gamers to plunge again into ninth-century Baghdad in an overpowered state, carrying over any talent upgrades and weapon unlocks. I discussed in my review how each improve in Mirage made an already simple sport simpler, and to that impact, Ubisoft is including a permadeath mode, accessible throughout all problem ranges. The sport is a throwback to the old-school Murderer’s Creed video games targeted on a contained story and stealthy killings earlier than the collection took a detour into the open-world RPG format with AC Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla.

Each Murderer’s Creed Mirage and Odyssey can be found on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.