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Parents of kids who bought things on the popular "Fortnite" video game may soon be able to claim a refund. The Federal Trade Commission announced last year that Fortnite maker Epic Games would pay ...
According to the FTC, those eligible for refunds include Fortnite users charged in-game currency for items they didn’t want between January 2017 and September 2022; those whose child made ...
The FTC detailed three groups who will be eligible for refunds. Parents of children who made unauthorized credit card purchases in the Epic Games Store from January 2017 to November 2018. Fortnite ...
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. was a lawsuit brought by Epic Games against Apple in August 2020 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, related to Apple's practices in the iOS App Store. Epic Games specifically had challenged Apple's restrictions on apps from having other in-app ...
In March 2023, the United States Federal Trade Commission fined Fortnite developer Epic Games $245 million for use of "dark patterns to trick users into making purchases." The $245 million will be used to refund affected customers and is the largest refund amount ever issued by the FTC in a gaming case. [35]
Similarly, in 2019, the FTC settled with video game publisher, Epic Games, over allegations that the company misled consumers about the cost of in-app purchases in addition to using dark patterns that encourage unintended in-game purchases in its popular game, Fortnite. As part of the settlement, Epic Games agreed to pay $275 million in refunds ...
Epic Games, the Cary-based creator of the popular video game Fortnite, has agreed to pay a record $520 million to the Federal Trade Commission over complaints that the company violated children ...
Fortnite is the most popular title from Cary-based developer Epic Games. FTC said it tricked consumers into making unintended purchases.