![]() ![]() ![]() The game boasts more than 400 million players worldwide with its distinct visuals and 100-player battle royale action mode being credited for its ability to draw in users across all demographics.īut, according to the FTC, an Epic Games’ “counterintuitive, inconsistent, and confusing button configuration led players to incur unwanted charges based on the press of a single button.” The case marks yet another blackeye for the video game industry, in which developers have often preyed upon their users’ desire for in-game exclusives and features that would otherwise require hundreds of hours of time spent playing to earn with in-game currency.įortnite is an online multiplayer game that, while free to download, turns a profit by charging users for in-game aesthetics such as costumes and dance moves. The company also facilitated a process by which minors could rack up unauthorized charges without their parents’ consent. (Photo: Sergiy Galyonkin, Flickr, License)Epic Games, the developer behind the widely popular Fortnite and Gears of War franchises, was deemed to have duped its users into making in-game purchases with real money without their knowledge. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized Tuesday its order for Epic Games to pay back US$245 million to its consumers who were tricked by the video game developer into making unwanted purchases.Įpic Games’ North Carolina headquarters. ![]()
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