Lawsuit Filled Against Fortnite by Canadian Parents for Being “As Addictive as Cocaine” Gets Approved

Fortnite and its developers Epic Games are not strangers to lawsuits. Fortnite has attracted a number of lawsuits against itself over the years. Though majorly they have mostly been about those dance emotes that players get in-game.

Choreographers would come forward accusing Fortnite of using their dance moves as Emotes and hence damaging their rights. But then the court was quick to dismiss most of those lawsuits on grounds that the choreographers would file copyright just before suing the company. Hence Fortnite and Epic always got out Scott-free.

Canadian parents sue Fortnite for being too addictive

Now Epic games once again are facing the probability of being sued over Fortnite. But this time it is not about some copyrighted dance moves, but about some parents worried about their kids spending too much time playing this funky battle royale game.

In 2019, one of the parents filed a lawsuit against Epic games stating the above-mentioned reason, and recently it has come to light that this lawsuit has been approved by a Canadian judge. The lawsuit was first filed when the parents of two children claimed the addictive nature of the game.

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The parents mentioned that the game’s addictive nature has led their children to compulsively play the game. They even went ahead and called the game as addictive as cocaine.

Now, this is not even close to the first-time something like this has happened. Numerous free-to-play live service games get this kind of heat in numerous countries. Like, FIFA once faced a lawsuit for alleged pay-to-win mechanics.

Epic Games intends to fight back

Epic Games have mentioned that these claims are meritless and they have implemented a number of parental control features in-game to prevent overspending and to allow parents to track their kid’s playtime.

Epic Games also recently announced a new kind of account known as Cabined accounts for children. These would apply to all the games that kids usually play, such as Fall Guys, Rocket League, and Fortnite.

These accounts would automatically be implemented for players under 18, as they would be asked to input their parent’s email id along with theirs, who would then be able to keep an eye on how much time their kid spends in the game and how much money they spend during.

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