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ARTICLE · 16 DECEMBER 2020

Loot Boxes, Dynamic Difficulty Underpin Class-Action Complaint Against Electronic Arts

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Electronic Arts is the subject of a class-action complaint concerning EA's "Player Packs" (think loot boxes, where the "loot" is a particular sports player) in

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Electronic Arts is the subject of a class-action complaint concerning EA's "Player Packs" (think loot boxes, where the "loot" is a particular sports player) in connection with dynamic difficultly mechanisms employed in EA Sport's Ultimate Team Mode games. The three named plaintiffs allege that EA, unbeknownst to users, employs dynamic difficulty mechanisms to increase the difficulty of a game to force users to purchase Player Packs in order to progress in the game. The plaintiffs allege that this combination of dynamic difficultly mechanisms and Player Packs constitute deceptive, unfair, and illegal conduct on behalf of EA that deprive a user's "benefit of the bargain" in purchasing the game and Player Packs. 

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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