Maximum PC appreciates the in-game ads by Nokia included in Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. The game was awarded with the “Least Offensive In-Game Ads” for the Gaming Awards 2006 which was published in the recent March 2007 issue of the magazine. Check out the scanned page.

I’m a Mac user, but that doesn’t stop me from reading about the Windows Vista articles in the Maximum PC magazine. While I was browsing the magazine, I noticed the Nokia logo and read the excerpt. I agree that ads that are too “in-your-face” are annoying and rarely work. Maximum PC bashes the Axe ad in the Rainbow 6: Vegas game as well in the same page.

The Nokia ads were placed in billboard up above in the sky not drawing attention away from the action. Maximum PC says,

Nokia, we noticed your ads, and we appreciate you not ruining our game.

You can also view the full scanned page here.