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  2. Epic Games will pay $520 million to settle FTC's 'Fortnite' case

    www.engadget.com/epic-games-ftc-settlement...

    The FTC said children were able to buy V-Bucks, Fortnite's in-game currency, without parental consent until 2018. "Some parents complained that their children had racked up hundreds of dollars in ...

  3. Epic Games is sending players V-Bucks to settle 'Fortnite ...

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    Fortnite: Save the World players who purchased random loot boxes when they were available can expect to see 1,000 V-Bucks added to their account in the coming days. The move is part of Epic Games ...

  4. The FTC finalizes Epic's $245 million settlement over sketchy ...

    techcrunch.com/2023/03/15/ftc-fortnite-epic...

    The Federal Trade Commission slammed Epic Games with $245 million in fines this week, ordering the Fortnite developer to compensate consumers who made unwitting purchases in its digital store. The ...

  5. Fortnite - Wikipedia

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    Fortnite is an online video game and game platform developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in six distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Fortnite Battle Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game in which up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative hybrid tower defense ...

  6. There's still time for Fortnite players to request a refund ...

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    To qualify for a refund, you must have been charged in-game currency for products in the Fortnite game you didn't intend to purchase between January 2017 and September 2022.

  7. FTC fines Fortnite maker Epic Games $520M over children's ...

    techcrunch.com/2022/12/19/ftc-fines-fortnite...

    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday morning it will charge Epic Games with a $520 million settlement over charges related to children’s privacy. Epic Games, which makes popular ...

  8. Epic Games - Wikipedia

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    Epic Games, Inc. is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991, originally located in his parents' house in Potomac, Maryland. Following its first commercial video game release, ZZT (1991), the company became Epic MegaGames ...

  9. Epic Games v. Apple - Wikipedia

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    Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. was a lawsuit brought by Epic Games against Apple in August 2020 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, related to Apple's practices in the iOS App Store. Epic Games specifically had challenged Apple's restrictions on apps from having other in-app ...