Fraud Defendant FunPlus Has Until Sept. 8 to File Motion to Dismiss

Video game developer FunPlus faces a Sept. 8 deadline to file its motion to dismiss the fraud class action filed May 30 by plaintiffs Yovanni Yanez and Emelyn Matos (see 2306010020, said a text-only order Tuesday (docket 3:23-cv-02667) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland. The complaint alleges FunPlus advertises false prices to induce players to act quickly to take advantage of limited-time sales. The plaintiffs allege they bought various play packs on the FunPlus Frost & Flame: King of Avalon mobile game app game purporting to save them money but wouldn’t have bought them if they had known about the deceptive advertising, it said.