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StarCraft II will not have in-game ads

tekmosis | March 07, 2008 | News | PC

During the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference being held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California, Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick had to say this about StarCraft II:

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because it is a short-session experience, [StarCraft II] can actually be the model for in-game advertising and sponsorship and tournament play and ladder play for the future.

According to a community manager at Blizzard for StarCraft they had this reply to Kotick's comment:

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We have no plans to have in-game advertising in StarCraft II. We believe Bobby was actually referring to Battle.net, which has always included ads.

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devil link | March 07, 2008

I thought games you pay for don't suppose to have ads. :?
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tekmosis | March 07, 2008

Any game you pay for can have in game ads for it. Hellgate London for example where you even pay a monthly fee, you'll still see ads.
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devil link | March 07, 2008

Games and their ads.. Oh well can't complain if the game is fun.