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Microsoft has filed for ads after your boss fight

Microsoft has filed for ads after your boss fight. The filing lists the end of a boss fight, a finished quest, the end of a cutscene and a loading screen. You get an ad-free stretch first, 30 minutes or a full level, then each ad watched buys another block. It is a published application rather than a granted patent, and it names no Xbox game or service
  • The filing lists the end of a boss fight, a finished quest, the end of a cutscene and a loading screen
  • You get an ad-free stretch first, 30 minutes or a full level, then each ad watched buys another block
  • It is a published application rather than a granted patent, and it names no Xbox game or service

Reported by US patent application 19/656,138, published by the USPTO on 3 Sep 2026. We are repeating their reporting rather than claiming it.

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