The first payments for a 2022 Epic Games settlement over deceptive in-app purchases are going out, but qualifying gamers have until Jan. 10, 2025, to submit a claim and get up to $114.
Money from a $245 million settlement that Fortnite developer Epic Games agreed to pay is now going out to affected US consumers who were tricked into buying in-game goods. And there’s still time for you to claim a piece of the payout.
The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it’s sending out the “first round of payments,” after securing the settlement from Epic Games in December 2022.
« The average payment is about $114 », the US regulator said, although the median payment is $80. During this first round, the FTC is sending 629,344 payments totaling more than $72 million to affected consumers.
