Microsoft Stole And Got Caught!

General news News 12/28/2017

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A promotional tweet backfired.

The Xbox Twitter account was promoting PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds with the image below. It’s intentionally written in past tense: the tweet got deleted, and allow us to tell you why.

The image (in a somewhat different aspect) originated on Reddit, created by Macsterr, who published it about a month ago! The difference is that Xbox marketed the game with a black Xbox One X and a controller, but the base concept is the same as Macsterr’s, who did not get credited. This scenario triggered the scandal.

The Reddit topic quickly got attention: Major Nelson, one of the Xbox characters, had to respond: „Hey guys, I wanted to let you know that this is being investigated. In the meantime, our official channels have pulled down the asset in question. I’ll follow up with the OP /u/macsterr/ once I get more details.” So Microsoft knows about the situation.

Pulling something like this event off right after Christmas is not in the holiday mood…

Source: WCCFTech, DualShockers

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