Limited Run Games Settlement: Approved in March, and the Payout Question Nobody Answers
This is the page for people typing “limited run games settlement payout date” into a search box. The short version: the claim window closed on 20 January 2026, the court approved the $2.72 million settlement at the March hearing, more than 27,000 claims were accepted and nobody objected. Under the settlement's own schedule the money was due about 30 days after approval. Here is what that means if it has not reached you.
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What the Case Was About
Limited Run Games sells physical editions of video games and runs a website with trailers and video content. The lawsuit alleged that pages carrying that video content had tracking technology embedded in them — including the Meta Pixel — which transmitted what visitors watched, together with information identifying them, to third parties such as Facebook without consent. That is the classic shape of a Video Privacy Protection Act claim: a 1988 statute originally aimed at video rental records, now the main legal tool against pixel tracking on video pages. Limited Run Games denies wrongdoing and settled without admitting liability.
Case Details
Carbone et al. v. Limited Run Games, Inc., Case No. 2:24-cv-08861-NJC-JMW, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Settlement administration by Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5931, telephone (833) 621-6124.
Where Things Stand
The settlement is approved and the claim window is shut. The deadline to file a claim — and also to opt out or object — was 20 January 2026. The final approval hearing took place on 11 March 2026, and legal press reported the settlement approved the following day.
Three numbers from that hearing tell you almost everything about what happens next. More than 27,000 claims were accepted. Seventeen people opted out. Nobody filed an objection at all. Objectors are the people who normally appeal a class settlement, so with zero objections an appeal is very unlikely — which matters, because the settlement's payment clock is written to start after final approval and after any appeal finishes.
The settlement's own FAQ says class members with approved claims are paid 30 days after the settlement is finally approved and/or any appeals process is complete. Approval in March, no objections, no apparent appeal: on that schedule the distribution was due from roughly mid-April 2026. If you filed a valid claim and nothing has arrived, that gap is worth a phone call rather than a wait.
Who Was In the Class
The settlement class covered everyone who used the Limited Run Games service in the United States and either watched a pre-recorded video or bought a video game containing a cut scene, between 1 January 2016 and 20 June 2025. That is a nine-and-a-half-year window and a low bar — buying one game with cut scenes put you in it.
Excluded were the judge and magistrate judge and their families and staff, Limited Run Games itself along with its parent, subsidiaries and current or former officers, directors and employees, and the seventeen people who filed valid requests for exclusion before the deadline.
This is a historical class definition, not an invitation. The window to act on it closed on 20 January 2026. If you were in the class and did not file, there is no route back in — no late claims process was created, and none is coming.
What the Payment Should Be
The fund is $2,720,000 and it is divided pro rata among the class members whose claims were accepted — the settlement's own FAQ glosses pro rata here as an equal share, so this is not weighted by how many games you bought. Before anything is divided, the fund pays attorneys' fees, the cost of notice and administration, and service awards to the class representatives.
Here is the arithmetic, with the assumption stated openly, because no official per-person figure was published. $2,720,000 spread across the 27,000-plus accepted claims is about $100 per person before deductions. Fee and cost awards in settlements of this size commonly consume something in the region of a third of the fund, which would put the realistic net figure somewhere around $60 to $70. That is arithmetic from the two published numbers, not a promise — the actual fee award is in the court file and the administrator's final claim count is the only figure that governs.
What the arithmetic does establish is the order of magnitude. This is a modest cheque, not a windfall, and that is worth knowing before spending an afternoon chasing it.
How It Got Here
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1 January 2016 — the class period opens
The window covered by the settlement begins. Anyone in the US who watched a pre-recorded video on the Limited Run Games service, or bought a game containing a cut scene, from this date onward is in the class.
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December 2024 — the case is filed
Carbone and others sue in the Eastern District of New York, alleging that tracking pixels on video pages disclosed viewing activity to third parties in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act.
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20 June 2025 — the class period closes
The end of the covered window. Activity after this date is outside the settlement.
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20 January 2026 — claims, opt-outs and objections all close
A single deadline for all three. Filing a claim was, in the settlement's own words, the only way to receive a benefit. Seventeen people opted out; nobody objected.
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11 March 2026 — final approval hearing
The court considers the fairness of the settlement. More than 27,000 claims had been accepted. Legal press reported the settlement approved the next day. Limited Run Games also agreed not to knowingly resume using Meta, TikTok, Google or X tracking technology to disclose identifiable users' video activity without VPPA-compliant consent.
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From roughly mid-April 2026 — payment was due
The settlement provides for payment 30 days after final approval and the completion of any appeal. With no objections filed, an appeal is unlikely, which puts the distribution on the earlier of those two clocks.
Three Things to Ignore
A closed settlement with an unclear payout date is a specific kind of target: the people searching for it have already filed and are waiting, which makes them easy to approach.
"Claims are still open — file today"
They are not. The deadline was 20 January 2026 for claims, opt-outs and objections alike, and no late-filing process exists. Sites still displaying an active claim button for this settlement are either not maintained or are collecting your details for some other purpose. Check the date on any page telling you otherwise.
Anyone charging a fee to "track" or "release" your payment
There is nothing to buy. The administrator is Kroll, the settlement website is court-authorised, and enquiries about a filed claim go to Kroll directly by phone or post at no cost. No service can move you up a distribution queue, and none has information the administrator will not give you for free.
Unexpected messages asking you to confirm bank details
People waiting on a payment are unusually willing to click. If you need to correct an address or payment method, go to the settlement's own website or call the administrator's published number rather than following a link from an email or text you did not expect. A real administrator does not chase you for banking details out of the blue.
Common Questions
I filed a claim and have not been paid. What should I do?
Contact Kroll Settlement Administration directly — the settlement's published number is (833) 621-6124, and post goes to Carbone v. Limited Run Games, Inc., c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5931. Have your claim number ready if you kept it. The two ordinary explanations for a missing payment are a claim that was flagged during validation, or a stale address or payment method — both of which only the administrator can see and fix.
Can I still file a claim?
No. The claim deadline was 20 January 2026 and there is no late-filing route. The settlement's own materials describe filing a claim form as the only way to receive a benefit, and that window has closed.
How much is the payment?
No official per-person figure was published, because the amount depends on how many valid claims were filed. Working from the two numbers that are public — a $2,720,000 fund and more than 27,000 accepted claims — the gross share is about $100 per person, and after attorneys' fees, administration costs and service awards come out of the fund the realistic net is likely somewhere in the region of $60 to $70. Treat that as arithmetic rather than a quoted entitlement.
Was the settlement actually approved?
Yes. The final approval hearing was held on 11 March 2026 and legal press reported the settlement approved the following day. Note that the official settlement website's "Important Dates" panel still lists the hearing in future tense — that is a page that was not updated after the event, not a sign the hearing did not happen.
Could an appeal be holding up the money?
It is possible but unlikely here. Appeals against class settlements are almost always brought by people who objected first, and in this case no objections were filed at all. Only seventeen people opted out. That is about as clean an approval record as a class settlement gets, which is why the more probable explanation for an individual missing payment is something specific to that claim rather than a case-wide freeze.
What did Limited Run Games have to change?
Beyond the money, the company agreed not to knowingly resume using the Meta Pixel or TikTok, Google or X tracking technologies on parts of its US service in a way that discloses which video content an identifiable user requested, unless it first obtains consent that complies with the Video Privacy Protection Act. Injunctive terms like these are a standard component of pixel-tracking settlements and are often the more consequential half.
Why is a 1988 video rental law involved in a game website?
The Video Privacy Protection Act was passed after a newspaper published a Supreme Court nominee's video rental history, and it prohibits a "video tape service provider" from disclosing what identifiable consumers watched. Courts have read that language to reach modern streaming and video-page providers, so a tracking pixel that reports which video you viewed along with an identifier that maps back to you can fall within a statute written for a rental shop counter. That is why a wave of these cases has hit websites with video content.
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