MK11 players blast WB for \u201cshameful\u201d Hogwarts Legacy ads WB GamesHogwarts Legacy ads are now invading Mortal Kombat 11, a marketing practice that fighting game fans have deemed \u201cabsolutely shameful.\u201d WB Games often comes under fire for certain practices, particularly those considered anti-consumer. Many may recall the microtransactions drama that plagued Middle-earth: Shadow of War. In addition, NeatherRealm\u2019s Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat 11 were accused of featuring RNG grinds that ultimately encouraged players to spend money on microtransactions. The Mortal Kombat community is side-eyeing the publisher once more, this time because of new ads that have invaded MK11. MK11 now hosts Hogwarts Legacy ads to the chagrin of fans Reddit user kenshima15 posed the following question in the Mortal Kombat subreddit: \u201cWhy the hell is there an ad in a whole fighting game I paid for?\u201d To the player\u2019s dismay, MK11 now features a promotion for another WB Games-published experience, Hogwarts Legacy. The ad in question appears on the game\u2019s main menu just above the mode selection screen. Notably, it presents users with an option to click a button to \u201cBuy Now.\u201d Fans aren\u2019t happy, with one person writing in the thread: \u201cOh holy F\u2013K that\u2019s ugly. Absolutely shameful.\u201d Someone else chimed in with, \u201cIt\u2019s a really [shoddy] business practice. If they were promoting MK12 or Injustice, I could say whatever, but this is just bulls\u2013t.\u201d \u201cI thought I would escape the ads by quitting mobile games,\u201d said another frustrated Mortal Kombat 11 player. MK11 has featured Hogwarts Legacy-like ads in the past; as one person pointed out, there were Terminator: Dark Fate advertisements in late 2019. Such a case at least made sense, given that a T-800 had been launched as a guest character that October. It seems safe to assume that Mortal Kombat 12, whenever it releases, will eventually play host to a few in-game promotions of its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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