Law firm says ‘Fortnite’ designed to be addictive
Updated: 3:18 PM EDT Oct 7, 2019
Related video: Study helps show motives for tweens spending so much time on “Fortnite.”A law firm is seeking to launch a class-action lawsuit against the company behind the immensely popular game “Fortnite.”The filing in Montreal court against the U.S. company over the online shooter-survival game is on behalf of parents of two children, ages 10 and 15, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.A lawyer for the firm accused the company of using psychologists to create a game that’s as addictive as possible and failing to divulge the risks to people, the Montreal Gazette reported.Epic Games did not immediately return a request for comment.Hundreds of millions of accounts have been registered for people to play the game.
Related video: Study helps show motives for tweens spending so much time on “Fortnite.”
A law firm is seeking to launch a class-action lawsuit against the company behind the immensely popular game “Fortnite.”
The filing in Montreal court against the U.S. company over the online shooter-survival game is on behalf of parents of two children, ages 10 and 15, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
A lawyer for the firm accused the company of using psychologists to create a game that’s as addictive as possible and failing to divulge the risks to people, the Montreal Gazette reported.
Epic Games did not immediately return a request for comment.
Hundreds of millions of accounts have been registered for people to play the game.
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