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Gabe Hauari | USA Today

Fortnite refunds — how to apply for a piece of $245 million ‘deceptive practices’ settlement

People crowd the display area for the survival game Fortnite at a past E3 conference in Los Angeles. (Getty Images)

Fortnite players — and in some cases, their parents — could be entitled to cash payments under a settlement between the game’s parent company Epic Games and the Federal Trade Commission.

The agency says it has begun notifying people who might be entitled to compensation under a settlement finalized in March over accusations that Epic Games used “dark patterns and other deceptive practices” to trick players into making unwanted purchases.

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