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Mateo Moreno

BIZARRE: Microsofts ad for playtime patent explained how credits breaks and boss fights would work | Mind Blowing Facts

This photograph shows the logo of Microsoft displayed on the facade of the company France headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, on the outskirts of Paris, on April 24, 2026. (Credit: Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP via Getty Images)

Microsoft has laid out a system that would stop a game at a convenient moment, run an advertisement and reward the viewer with a fresh block of uninterrupted play, according to a patent application the US Patent and Trademark Office published on September 3. Coverage of the filing surfaced in the past week, about six weeks after Xbox began testing free, ad-supported game streaming.

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