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Additional refunds will be made at a later date for those who submitted a claim after October 8. The settlement stems from a December 2022 order obtained by the FTC that was finalized in March 2023.
How Fortnite players receive their refunds The FTC said it is in the process of sending a first round of payments, with additional refunds expected at a later date. So far, there are a total of ...
Epic Games agrees to $245 million settlement. Fortnite players who were “tricked” into making unwanted purchases can now file refund claims with the Federal Trade Commission. The average ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Epic Games's founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. Since 2015, Epic Games's founder and CEO Tim Sweeney had questioned the need for digital storefronts like Valve's Steam, Apple's App Store for iOS devices, and Google Play, to take a 30% revenue sharing cut, and argued that when accounting for current rates of content distribution and other factors needed, a revenue cut of 8% should be sufficient to ...
The game's design nudged people into racking up unauthorized charges, the FTC said. Here's how customers will be refunded.