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The Federal Trade Commission has announced it will issue refunds to nearly 630,000 Fortnite players after ruling that the maker of the popular video game, Epic Games, duped people “into making ...
U.S. consumers who were “tricked” into purchases they didn't want from Fortnite maker Epic Games are now starting to receive refund checks, the Federal Trade Commission said this week. Back in ...
The payout is just the first round of refunds following a 2022 settlement in which Epic Games agreed to pay $245 million to Fortnite players who fell victim to its "unlawful billing practices ...
Epic Games has used the names Potomac Computer Systems, Epic MegaGames, and Epic Games; the name given for the company is the one used at the time of a game's release. Many of the games under the Epic MegaGames brand were released as a set of separate episodes, which were purchasable and playable separately or as a group.
A season pass is a form of video game monetization in which consumers purchase a discounted package for current and future downloadable content (DLC) and/or Expansion packs for a video game atop its base cost. A game may have a single season pass or, for some lifestyle games, new season passes over time.
Fortnite Festival features in-game "seasons," which are themed around specific featured artists and adjust in-game material accordingly. Each season contains a battle pass system, the Music Pass (formerly the Festival Pass), which allows players to unlock additional songs and cosmetics typically based around that season's featured artist. [14]
Federal regulators ordered Epic Games to pay $520 million to settle charges that the company tricked Fortnite users into making unwanted purchases.
The new Pinball FX platform was released on the Epic Games Store in early access on March 31, 2022.. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Development continued for the next year until its full release on February 16, 2023, on Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PS4, PS5, and the Epic Games Store [ 3 ] .