“This is the first in a long line of lawsuits,” Activision Blizzard, Epic Games, Microsoft and EA should face trial after this mother’s complaint

Studios are willing to do anything to defend the intellectual property of their products. For example, Rockstar filed a lawsuit against the hacker who exposed several GTA 6 game data on the Internet. If big companies no longer hesitate to go to court, the general public will, too. It must be said that video games have always suffered from a bad reputation (whether proven or not) in the eyes of some.

A complaint has been filed against many major studios (Microsoft, Epic Games, Activision Blizzard, EA, and others) due to… “Promoting video game addiction.”

Parents are very angry

On October 30, Casey Dunn and Thomas Dunn filed a formal complaint – on behalf of their son – in the US state of Arkansas. The complaint aims to obtain compensation for injuries and costs resulting from their son’s addiction to video games, but above all to highlight video game addiction.. Several games were cited in the complaint, such as Battlefield, Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Rainbow Six. The 13-year-old son plays on different platforms: his phone, the Nintendo Switch or even the Xbox Series Granted, this seems a bit excessive for a 13 year old.

Still, according to plaintiffs, the studios “Uses patented designs, algorithms and marketing that contain addictive features and technologies” Which leads to addiction.