๐ฎ๐ธ Epic Games: Serving L’s and Refunds Since 2017 ๐ธ๐ฎ
Well, Fortnite fam, remember that time you clicked once and BOOM — your in-game avatar suddenly had a new skin, 3 emotes, and a shiny pickaxe you didn’t want, all while your real wallet screamed in pain? Yeah, so does the Federal Trade Commission. ๐๐ฅ Epic Games is coughing up a cool $520 million (insert evil laugh here) in one of the most expensive “Oops, our bad” moments in gaming history. Turns out they allegedly: ๐ณ Charged players for in-game junk no one asked for ๐ง Let children go full capitalist chaos with their parents’ credit cards ๐ Then locked accounts when people dared say “Hey, this is fraud” Way to double down, Epic. This class action settlement is basically Fortnite’s version of the Battle Royale — only this time, it’s your refund that’s dropping from the sky instead of loot. ๐ฐ๐ช ๐งพ Who Gets Paid? If you played Fortnite in the U.S. between January 2017 and September 2022 , and: You got charged for unwanted items, Your kid went on a V-Bucks b...