The Creation Club is the instigating factor behind a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of
Fallout 4 customers against
Bethesda Softworks and
ZeniMax Media in 2019 over questionable business practices involving the handling of DLC content for the game's Season Pass. The suit asserted that the Season Pass was supposed to contain the totality of
Fallout 4 downloadable content (DLC) for a single price, but the introduction of the Creation Club in 2017 reneged on that promise as Season Pass holders would be forced to purchase the Creation Club content to gain access to any additional Bethesda-made content. During the suit's litigation in court, ZeniMax and
Microsoft had announced plans to acquire ZeniMax, which was anticipated to close by June 2021. In a Memorandum opinion from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, the Court granted Bethesda Softworks' motion to compel arbitration based on the Terms of Service contract that was signed by the plaintiff, Jacob Devine, in October 2022. == External links ==