Fortnite players can redeem a further 126 million US dollars for reimbursements after they have been “tricked” into unwanted purchases -here is how

In notice This week, the FTC announced that on Wednesday and Thursday it distributed more than 969,000 reimbursements of over 126 million US dollars to consumers. This is followed by the first payment round of the regulatory authority in the amount of more than 72 million US dollars, which went out in December 2024.

The reimbursements are Part of a 520 million US dollar This EPIC agreed to repay in 2022 – to discuss complaints that revolve around the privacy and payment methods of children in its popular Fortnite video game. At that time, the FTC claimed that the gaming giant used online design tactics to make Fortnite players, including children, to make unintentional purchases, “based on the pressing of a single button”.

Consumers could be charged if they do something as easy as, for example, trying to play the game from sleep mode, or by pressing a button nearby if they try to accept an object, said the agency. The FTC also accused EPIC to block some users who have given the fees to access the content they bought.

Over and beyond A fine of 275 million US dollars in connection with the collection of personal information for players under the age of 13 that was completed in 2023 contained customer refunds of $ 245 million. Around 198 million US dollars were sent out between the payments of December and the reimbursements sent this week, which still distributes around $ 47 million.

The latest reimbursements will be given to consumers who submitted a valid claim before February 14th. This means that all claims submitted after this date are still checked. According to the FTC.

And the FTC also says that it reopens the claim. Appropriate consumers who have not yet been compensated have time to submit a claim by July 9th.

If this is accepted, the reimbursements in the form of checks or PayPal payments are exposed to. To apply and learn more about the settlement, user Should visit the FTC website. For the persons who are entitled to these payouts, Fortnite players, whose currency in games they did not want, or saw that their account was described between January 2017 and September 2022 to a credit card company due to incorrect fees-and parents, whose children from January 2018 were calculated for their credit cards from January 2018.

The Associated Press turned to a comment on Thursday after Epic. At the time when the settlement was announced in December 2022, Epic said It accepted the agreement because “it is at the top of consumer protection and wanted to offer our players the best experience”. The company based in Cary, North Carolina, added that it already introduced changes, “to ensure that our ecosystem meets the expectations of our players and supervisory authorities, of which we hope that it will be a helpful guide for others in our industry.”