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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 ...
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 'tricked' customers into unwanted purchases: FTC. Fortnite, best known for its Battle Royale mode in which up to 100 players can fight it out to the last one standing, is free to ...
Fortnite players who were “tricked” into making unwanted purchases can now file refund claims with the Federal Trade Commission. The average payment is $114 per player. The average payment is ...
Federal regulators ordered Epic Games to pay $520 million to settle charges that the company tricked Fortnite users into making unwanted purchases.
To monetize the game, Epic Games had built an in-game storefront to offer cosmetics in the form of character skins, emotes, and other customization items for the player to use with their game avatar for Fortnite Battle Royale, using "V-Bucks" as the form of in-game currency to make these purchases.
The game's design nudged people into racking up unauthorized charges, the FTC said. Here's how customers will be refunded. Fortnite creator Epic Games sends customers $72 million refund.
The refunds ordered by the FTC are available to any parents whose children made unauthorised credit card purchases on the Epic Games Store between January 2017 and November 2018, as well as ...