Lawsuit Claims Fortnite was Designed to be Addictive

Fortnite game case

Canadian Parents file Lawsuit against Epic Games

A lawsuit filed in Canada accuses Epic Games of making Fortnite too addictive. The lawsuit - filed by disgruntled parents - complains that players (including their children) had have to seek treatment for their Fortnite addiction. The lawyer, Jean-Philippe Caron, filed the lawsuit in the Quebec Superior Court on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. The lawsuit goes on to say that Fortnite is so addictive that players have to seek treatment for their addiction, after player for hours without eating or showering. They state that the game's developer's even employed psychologists to make the game addictive.
The Yahoo! article can be read here.

Was the Fortnite video game created to be addictive?

Video games that offer rewards for playing can be addictive because they appeal to the brain's pleasure circuits in the amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex, and were significantly stronger in men.

This was confirmed by David J Linden, Ph.D. in Psychology Today. 

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) filed Copyright Infringement Lawsuit against Fortnite in 2018

In 2018, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in January 2018 against Epic Games because Fortnite's Battle Royale was "too similar" - this was reported in TheKoreaTimes. Both games use the Unreal Engine 4, but PUBG graphics are intended to be more realistic, while Fortnite graphics are cartoonish in nature.

Bloomberg reported that PUBG dropped its copyright infringement lawsuit against Fortnite.