Thousands of Fortnite players are eligible for refunds after federal officials concluded its developer, Epic Games, fooled players into spending money on unwanted game purchases. The Federal Trade ...

By Derrick Bryson Taylor Fortnite players who were charged for unwanted purchases in the game where cartoony characters battle on a virtual island are starting to receive what could be $245 ...

Thanks to a 2022 settlement with the FTC, Epic Games is sending out refunds to hundreds of thousands of Fortnite players in the US. With plenty of video games nowadays filled to the brim with ...

The FTC alleged the video game giant used deceptive online design tactics to trick Fortnite players, including children, into making unintended purchases “based on the press of a single button." ...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced it will issue refunds to nearly 630,000 Fortnite players after ruling that the maker of the popular video game, Epic Games, duped people “into making ...

The FTC is due to refund up to $72million (£56.6million) in the coming months after it found Fortnite guilty of using “dark patterns” to trick players into making unwanted purchases and let ...