EA hit with class action lawsuit over Ultimate Team packs EAEA have been hit with a class-action lawsuit in Canada that claims games like NHL 21 and Madden 21 are operating an \u201cillegal\u201d gambling system \u2013 which is yet another domino to fall in the movement against their popular Ultimate Team game mode. [jwplayer kBfl6w9P] In recent years, it\u2019s become more and more apparent that loot boxes have become a focal point of EA SPORTS\u2019 titles \u2013 which is only natural given the large amount of revenue they bring in. But the more attention and notoriety Ultimate Team has received across multiple games, the more it\u2019s become a lightning rod. This has led to several countries trying to clamp down on EA\u2019s gambling system. Canada has become the latest name to be associated with trying to prevent EA from offering in-game packs for real money. The lawsuit was first reported by Business in Vancouver, a weekly business news journal in Canada. Ultimate Team using \u201cillegal\u201d gambling system, lawsuit says In the article, it states both Mark Sutherland and Shawn Moore brought the lawsuit forward. The lawsuit description reads: \u201cClass action for damages for unjust enrichment arising from defendants\u2019 operation of an illegal gambling system through the sale of so-called \u201cloot boxes\u201d in popular video games\u201d. The two games that are being specifically targeted are NFL 21 and Madden 21, both of which include an Ultimate Team game mode similar to that of FIFA 21. Lots of other EA games have included microtransactions as well, most notably: Star Wars Battlefront, UFC 3, and others. The game\u2019s scientific algorithm determines what the player\u2019s money is rewarded with in Ultimate Team, when buying packs. It could contain the game\u2019s best player or one that will never be used, leading to more money being spent in pursuit of the game\u2019s best cards. Canada is merely the latest country to be involved in an EA lawsuit regarding Ultimate Team with the UK, Belgium, Netherlands, and others all joining in the fight to cease loot boxes. Whether or not it results in a loot box ban later down the line in Canada remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EA hit with class action lawsuit over Ultimate Team packs EAEA have been hit with a class-action lawsuit in Canada that claims games like NHL 21 and Madden 21 are operating an \u201cillegal\u201d gambling system \u2013 which is yet another domino to fall in the movement against their popular Ultimate Team game mode. [jwplayer kBfl6w9P] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}