When a big new first-party game comes to Xbox, Microsoft is known to put up big, annoying takeover ads, and that trend continues this year with the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Things are a little different, and more annoying, this year. People who booted up their Xbox today, the day of MW4's release, noticed that not only is there a big MW4 takeover ad, but the ad even hijacks your custom background. Windows Central was the first to report on this. It is possible to toggle this off, thankfully, as people online quickly discovered . Players can head to Settings > General > Personalization > My Background , then uncheck "Show event-themed backgrounds." People were not happy about this, and particularly how the takeover this time totally removes the custom background you might have had to force you to see a giant ad for a game you might not even be interested in. https://twitt
Call Of Duty Ads On Xbox Are Even More Annoying This Year With Modern Warfare 4
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