Nearly 630,000 consumers are receiving refunds from the Federal Trade Commission, two years after the agency charged Cary video game maker Epic Games a record sum for using deceptive payment tactics ...

On December 19, 2022, the FTC announced two record-breaking settlements with Epic Games, Inc.—a video game developer, best known for the game Fortnite—for a combined total of $520 million: 1. Epic ...

Microsoft has really been quite quiet about how overwhelmingly profitable video games is to them. Microsoft’s disclosures in the FTC lawsuit have led to some interesting new revelations in their Xbox ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission began sending payments to players of Fortnite who were deceived into making unwanted in-game purchases. The payments will total $72 million and come after the FTC and ...

Fortnite players and their parents could start receiving close to a million refund payments this week, more than two years after the Federal Trade Commission fined Cary video game maker Epic Games a ...

Tennessee Fortnite gamers could soon see a bit of extra money thanks to a Federal Trade Commission refund. The FTC announced Monday that it will send the first of a total of $72 million in refunds to ...

Over the last month and just ahead of Christmas 2022, Epic Games was reportedly forced to pay a settlement to the United States Federal Trade Commission. The settlement totaled a supposed $520 million ...

The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order Tuesday requiring Fortnite developer Epic Games to pay $245 million in fines for using "dark patterns" to trick players into making unwanted or ...