Fortnite players are getting $245 million in refunds — here’s who qualifies

Epic Games, creator of the massively popular video game Fortnite, was hit with the Federal Trade Commission’s biggest penalty ever for a rule break this week.

The developer was ordered to pay $520 million for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act as well as for tricking millions of players into making unintended in-game purchases using a technique called “Dark patterns.”