Call Of Duty's Intrusive In-Game Ads Were A "Test" And Added In Error, Activision Says

Eddie Makuch
6/3/2025

Call of Duty's big new Season 4 update added a lot of new content to the game, along with a controversial new UI feature that displayed in-game ads for paid DLC bundles from the weapons menu. The idea, many thought, was that Activision was intrusively trying to push microtransactions on players in a new way.Now, Activision has disabled this and claimed it was only a "test" that was added to the game by accident. Fans aren't buying that explanation, however."A UI feature test that surfaced select store content in the Loadout menus was published in the Season 04 update in error. This feature has now been removed from the live game," Activision said.Continue Reading at GameSpot...

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