Assassin’s Creed Mirage Pop 49v2x Up Advert in Other AC Games Was Result of a ‘Technical Error,’ Ubisoft Claims

Some Assassin’s Creed Odyssey players ran into an in-game Black Friday Sale ad when trying to open the world map. 312c16

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 27 November 2023 13:17 IST

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

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Assassin's Creed Mirage revisits the franchise’s stealth-based killing roots

Highlights

Ubisoft says it intended to include the promotion within game menus
A similar in-game ad was spotted in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, 4 years ago
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is bringing New Game+ and Permadeath modes

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Some Assassin's Creed Mirage, currently available at a 20 percent discount. Clicking the ‘Buy Now' button would presumably redirect to the store page for Mirage. Players online have understandable expressed their disappointment over the in-game ment that interferes with gameplay. Publisher Ubisoft has since apologised for the pop-up, in addition to stating it was a ‘technical error.'

“We have been made aware that some players encountered a pop-up message in-game while playing certain Assassin's Creed Odyssey player was hit with a pop-in ad when trying to open the map. In-game ments are met with the same, if not worse, outrage as microtransactions, which solely exist as a way to extract more money from customers.

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

Both video game publishers and movie production companies have experimented with ways to include pop-up ads over the years, despite inventing ways to consume ad-free content. Remedy Entertainment being a great example, where it would include posters and screenshots for its other titles via in-world banners, posters, and computer screens.

Earlier this month, Ubisoft confirmed that it was working on two new modes for Valhalla.

Both Assassin's Creed Mirage and Odyssey are available on Xbox Series S/X.

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Assassin's Creed Mirage 531r10

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Tighter scope
Baghdad is dense and lively
Stealth is back
Effective and clunky combat
No icon clutter on map

Bad
Dull story and characters
Stiff voice acting
Repetitive, non-challenging gameplay loop
Dumb enemy AI
Overpowered skill tree
Lack of Tool variety
Lack of regional diversity in map

Read detailed Ubisoft Assassin's Creed Mirage review

Genre Action-Adventure

Platform Amazon Luna, PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

Series Assassin's Creed

PEGI Rating 18+

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4j3s1q

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Slick combat
Lots of abilities that shake up gameplay
Actions impact story in sweeping ways

Bad
Poor photo mode implementation

Read detailed Ubisoft Assassin's Creed Odyssey review

Genre RPG

Platform Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (PS4), Stadia, Xbox One, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

Series Assassin's Creed

PEGI Rating 18+

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