South Dakota teenager promised guilty on Monday accusations related to the threats that he admitted by sending Fortnite Manufacturer of epic games.
A teenager, Jaden Gryffin, was charged with a large jury in the United States District Court in the Western Dakota Division in December 2024 in the sending of threats from October to November 2024 “Electronic reporting used by Epic Games”. According to court documents considered by the developer of the gameField
September 16, 2025, Griffin submitted a statement to the court In which he admitted that he sent messages threatening to “kill the company's employees.” The details outside this description were not available in court protocols.
Judge Danet Wallman accepted the request During the hearing on September 29. The accusations against Griffin – for the threat of interstate communications – maximally for five years of prison, a fine of $ 250,000 and three -year liberation. The court has not yet set the date for the sentence.
The game developer turned to Epic Games for comment.
According to the reports of the companies themselves, persecution and threats regarding game developers have increased over the past few years.
In 2022, Apex Legends manufacturer Respawn Entertainment made a public statement Recalling his players about “a policy of zero tolerance for the threats and persecution of our developers.”
In 2023, the GDC survey showed that 91 percent of the developers surveyed believed that the persecution and toxicity in relation to the game developers were a problem – 42 percent called it a “very serious problem”. Forty percent of the developers surveyed replied that they personally survived or witnessed this persecution.
In the same year, Unity Technologies was forced to close her office Within a couple of days after receiving a “reliable threat of death”, however, it was reported as an employee.
Square Enix updated his group policy of pursuing customers in 2025 to enable the pursuit language. Any action that “exceeds socially acceptable behavior or harmful” will lead to the fact that Square Enix also denies the player’s service.
The Japanese company promised to take court claims or enter into a criminal case against players with “egregious” actions with “malicious intention”.
