Fortnite Was Busted for Using Dark Patterns, Here’s What That Means
Dark patterns in gaming manipulate users into spending money, sharing personal information, spending time with a service, and making purchases based on trickery. Epic Games was fined $520 million by ...
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Fortnite Refund: FTC To Hand Out $72 Million to Players
This refund follows a $245-million settlement with Fortnite developer Epic Games, announced in December 2022, over allegations that the game maker used "dark patterns" to trick players into ...
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FTC distributes $72 million in Fortnite refunds from Epic Games
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is distributing over $72 million in Epic Game Fortnite refunds for the company's use of dark patterns to trick players into making unwanted purchases. This is ...
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Epic Games to give refunds after FTC says it 'tricked' Fortnite players into purchases
Hundreds of thousands of Fortnite players are getting a refund ... But according to the FTC, Epic Games used a design tactic known as "dark patterns" that concealed in-game purchases, allowing ...