Epic Games

• Quebec Appeal Court rejects Fortnite creator’s challenge of class-action lawsuit

  Lawyers for creator's of Fortnite argued the class action should never have been authorized because the plaintiffs didn't present enough evidence about children being addicted.

  Consumer

  Feb 27, 2023
  
• Fortnite maker to pay $520M for child privacy violations and ‘illegal charges’

  Epic agreed to pay $275 million for collecting the personal information of children under 13 without a parent's consent, and another $245 million over unwanted consumer charges.

  Trending

  Dec 20, 2022
  
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• Quebec judge authorizes class-action lawsuit against ‘addictive’ Fortnite video game

  Justice Sylvain Lussier issued the ruling on Wednesday after hearing arguments in July regarding the 2019 class-action request from three parents.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2022
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• Apple, Google drop Fortnite from app stores due to direct payment plan

  Apple and Google take a 30 per cent cut from in-app revenue purchases, which has long been a sore spot with developers.

  Tech

  Aug 13, 2020
• Fortnite wipes out game map, livestreaming a black hole in its place

  The game's Twitter account features a pinned tweet streaming a video of the black hole.

  Entertainment

  Oct 14, 2019
• Quebec parents seek class action against creators of ‘addictive’ Fortnite game

  The filing is on behalf of two plaintiffs — parents of Quebec children who are 10 and 15.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2019