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Microsoft, Blizzard, Roblox, Rockstar, and others have to defend their right to create fun games.
People suing game developers for all kinds of reasons are fun to watch but, I imagine, hard to deal with for studios. Six video game addiction lawsuits have been filed against Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Roblox, Epic Games, Rockstar, and other developers and publishers, accusing them of intentionally making players addicted to their games.
As reported by PC Gamer, the developers called it "an attack on the First Amendment rights of videogame creators."
One of the cases is from an Arkansas mother, who says that Roblox, Fortnite, Call of Duty, Minecraft, and other games have "addictive psychological features" that have been luring her son in since he was 12 years old. Now he is 21 and he spends $350 a month on games, dropped out of school, has been diagnosed with depressive disorder and anxiety, and experienced "withdrawal symptoms such as rage, anger, and physical outbursts." The woman claims that she couldn't regulate his gaming hours because she "feared" him.
She says developers "take advantage of the chemical reward system of a user's brain (especially a minor) to create addictive engagement, compulsive use, and additional mental and physical harm."
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People suing game developers for all kinds of reasons are fun to watch but, I imagine, hard to deal with for studios. Six video game addiction lawsuits have been filed against Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Roblox, Epic Games, Rockstar, and other developers and publishers, accusing them of intentionally making players addicted to their games.
As reported by PC Gamer, the developers called it "an attack on the First Amendment rights of videogame creators."
One of the cases is from an Arkansas mother, who says that Roblox, Fortnite, Call of Duty, Minecraft, and other games have "addictive psychological features" that have been luring her son in since he was 12 years old. Now he is 21 and he spends $350 a month on games, dropped out of school, has been diagnosed with depressive disorder and anxiety, and experienced "withdrawal symptoms such as rage, anger, and physical outbursts." The woman claims that she couldn't regulate his gaming hours because she "feared" him.
She says developers "take advantage of the chemical reward system of a user's brain (especially a minor) to create addictive engagement, compulsive use, and additional mental and physical harm."
Major Developers Are Sued for Making Games "Too Entertaining"
Microsoft, Blizzard, Roblox, Rockstar, and others have to defend their right to create fun games.
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