Four of the biggest companies in the industry have been targeted by a lawsuit accusing them of enabling video game addiction.
A complaint filed on October 30 in the Eastern District of Arkansas, spotted by Insider Gaming, names Microsoft, EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and Epic Games, as well as some of their studios, as defendants.
The suit lists 14 counts of action, including strict liability and negligence for failure to warn users of games’ addictive qualities, deceit and fraudulent misrepresentation, fraudulent inducements and violation of the Deceptive Trade Practice Act.
