The recovery may not reach the same year for the new applicants.
The eligible Fortnite players who felt the cavity were given to make unwanted purchases a second chance to request a recovery. the The Federal Trade Committee has prepared requests To receive the amounts recovered from the $ 245 million settlement that epic games have reached with the agency until July 9, after previously Requests to close in February.
The agreement was announced in 2022 as part of a The widest $ 520 million fTC settlement On the violations of privacy and the alleged use of design tricks that played the players in the incidental purchase of materials. the The first wave of 629344 recovery It was released in December 2024, when FTC now announced that it had sent 969,173 new payments on Wednesday and Thursday, which amounts to the total amount of the recovered amounts to nearly $ 200 million.
You can apply to receive a return by visiting www.ftc.gov/Fortnite. Specific details about eligibility are also available on the site, but FTC says that you can make a claim if:
The in -game currency was imposed for the elements that you do not want between January 2017 and September 2022.
Your child charges your credit card without your knowledge between January 2017 and November 2018.
Your account was secured between January 2017 and September 2022 after complaining to your credit card company about illegal fees.
Requests are limited to Fortnite players in the United States between the ages of 18 years or more, otherwise FTC says that the father must apply for your behalf. FTC says it expects to send additional payments in 2026 “after reviewing all claims and verifying their validity.”
