The FTC is giving $126 million-worth of Fortnite refunds to players, and there's still time to submit a claim for one

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Fortnite maker Epic Games may have won its recent court battle against Apple, but it settled with the FTC after it claimed Epic had been "tricking users", and now the federal organization is refunding $126 million to players. Epic was previously ordered to give $245 million in total, so if you live in the US you still have a couple of weeks to get in on the action.

The lawsuit related to people being charged for in-game items they didn't want, be that through a lack of confirmation before V-Bucks were exchanged for cosmetics or a child using a parent's credit card without their knowledge. Also represented are people who had their accounts locked after challenging purchases they didn't want.

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I'm Issy, a freelancer who you'll now occasionally see over here covering news on GamesRadar. I've always had a passion for playing games, but I learned how to write about them while doing my Film and TV degrees at the University of Warwick and contributing to the student paper, The Boar. After university I worked at TheGamer before heading up the news section at Dot Esports. Now you'll find me freelancing for Rolling Stone, NME, Inverse, and many more places. I love all things horror, narrative-driven, and indie, and I mainly play on my PS5. I'm currently clearing my backlog and loving Dishonored 2.

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