Mortal Kombat 11 PS5, PS4 Fans Can't Believe the Game's Been Filled with Hogwarts Legacy Ads | Push Square
Are you enjoying Mortal Kombat 11? Well, maybe you’d like to buy Hogwarts Legacy! That pretty much describes the main menu for NetherRealm Studios’ acclaimed brawler, as it’s been filled with ads for Warner Bros’ other hit game. We’ve never actually seen anything quite like this: as Reddit screenshots show, huge banners for Avalanche’s wizard-‘em-up have been added to the fighter’s home screen – there’s even a hyperlink which presumably takes you directly to the PS Store!
We suppose it makes sense for the publisher to try and cross-promote its releases, but in-game advertising rarely goes down well with enthusiasts – after all, do you remember when Sony tried to add commercials to WipEout HD on the PS3?
It’ll be interesting to see whether the backlash is strong enough to encourage Warner Bros to remove these, but with the shiny new Mortal Kombat 12 seemingly on the horizon, we’re honestly not holding our breath.
A true PlayStation veteran, Sammy's covered the world of PS gaming for years, with an enormous Trophy count to prove it. He also likes tennis games way more than you.
WB are trash. Almost at Acclaim levels of embarrassment.
Don't people like to have the quality of a free to play game when they paid full price for it? How odd.
It's not like the game needed extra advertisements. Strange decision… hope they receive some good backlash.
Boooo-urns WB! Boo-urns!
They sold fifteen million copies, I think they’re going to be fine with sales numbers for the foreseeable future
Some adverts are fine in context, like sponsors on jerseys and on cars in sports games, but dedicating entire menus to it in an unrelated game by the same developer leaves a bad taste in one's mouth.
I’m somewhat surprised publishers don’t patch
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