The famous battle royale game, Fortnite, has left a clear mark among other survival and battle royale games. As it has managed to attract millions of players across several different platforms and with the recent return of the game's star, coinciding with the start of the events of the first season of the fourth chapter.

Game developer Epic is facing a class action lawsuit in Canada for allegedly making fans of the video game addictive. Where three parents have taken it upon themselves to sue the game's publisher and developer for causing their children to become addicted to it, similar to drug addiction.

Where they indicated that their children are exposed to physical and psychological symptoms that their children are exposed to, such as headaches and back pain. In addition to significant social unrest, according to Sky News. and TRT News.

A ruling issued Wednesday allowing the case to be concluded indicated that one of the three minors mentioned was a person with cyber addiction, while another, 13 at the time, played 7,781 games in two years, spending less than three hours playing a day, and sometimes continued playing until midnight. The author claimed that the game also encourages excessive spending of money.

It is known that the game is free. But, on the other hand, it contains a considerable amount of content and purchasable items, such as costumes, accessories, dances and much more, through a specific currency called V-Bucks, as everyone knows it.

a guest lawyer Jean Philip Caron The petitioners explained in an interview with Agence France-Presse that one of the children in question spent more than six thousand Canadian dollars, which is equivalent to approximately 4,333 US dollars. He also said that he was the victim of a scam. He stressed that he is fully confident and satisfied with the expected judicial results, considering that the evidence is convincing and supports all the cases he is dealing with.

The three parents and their defense attorneys are demanding moral and material damages from the publisher and developer, as well as restitution of what they paid, specifically the amounts spent by underage players on purchases. Representatives from Epic argue that the evidence is insufficient. They point out that there is no expert report, or a medical report diagnosing addiction… or a study focused on the harmful effects of video games.

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Now, the game developer will have to defend itself in the coming months in the provincial courts of Quebec, facing charges of developing and marketing a dangerous and harmful product and failing to address the risks of the game and causing harm to minors through its payment system.

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