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How to know if you’re eligible for a Fortnite refund. The FTC listed on its website the requirements for a refund: Between January 2017 and September 2022, you were charged in the game for items ...
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 ...
‘Fortnite’s’ game developer is being forced to refund more than 600,000 players who were ‘tricked’ into making unwanted in-game purchases from January 2017 to September 2022 ((Alamy/PA))
The game's design nudged people into racking up unauthorized charges, the FTC said. Here's how customers will be refunded.
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.
Federal regulators ordered Epic Games to pay $520 million to settle charges that the company tricked Fortnite users into making unwanted purchases.
Epic Games had also agreed to pay a $275 million fine for allegedly collecting personal information on Fortnite players under the age of 13 without informing their parents or getting their consent.
The Federal Trade Commission levied a record $520 million fine earlier this week against Epic Games, creator of the extremely popular game Fortnite. Of this, $245 million is slated to go to ...