FTC issues over 620K refunds to Fortnite players ‘tricked’ by Epic Games into making ‘unwanted purchases’

Payments from the FTC are finally coming for Fortnite players after a settlement the American government agency reached with Epic Games almost two years ago.

The FTC and Epic reached the settlement to the tune of a couple hundred million dollars after allegations claimed the company “used design tactics known as dark patterns to trick players into making unwanted purchases, let children rack up unauthorized charges without any parental involvement, and blocked some users who disputed unauthorized charges from accessing their purchased content,” according to the FTC. The agency announced yesterday it was sending out the first round of payments from this settlement, which amounted to roughly 630,000 payments. The FTC says “about half” of these payments will be distributed via PayPal, while the other half will be physical checks.

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