Active Case

Video Game Addiction

Behavioral addiction, academic failure, social isolation

The game was designed to trap them. This was not your oversight.

You watched your child disappear into a screen. The grades dropped. The friendships faded. You tried limits, rules, removing devices. Nothing worked. There is a reason for that. The games were engineered so nothing would.

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The Documented Record

Cases against Roblox, Epic Games, Microsoft, and Mojang are coordinated in California state court as JCCP No. 5363, which plaintiffs described as 26 cases in a September 2025 federal filing. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation declined to create a federal MDL in December 2025, finding the games and defendants too varied to consolidate nationally.

Status
Active — coordinated proceeding
Venue
JCCP No. 5363, Los Angeles Superior Court (Judge Lawrence P. Riff)
Scale
26 coordinated cases per a Sept. 2025 court filing; 39 federal actions; JPML denied an MDL twice

Source: Coordinated as JCCP No. 5363, Los Angeles Superior Court; JPML order denying MDL consolidation, Dec. 2025.

Investigations

What we found

Every article is based on court documents, internal company research, peer-reviewed studies, and public records.