Epic Games gets hit with a new lawsuit, this time over Fortnite's in-game store, adding to the company's ongoing legal battles.
Fortnite has swiftly walked back on a weapon nerf that it issued recently, making many players question why the change was ever made.
If this complaint sounds familiar, that’s because it is: The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets fined Epic Games €1,125,000 (roughly $1,200,000) in 2024 for its “misleading countdown timers” and other features that “exploited the vulnerabilities of children.”
Parents have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Fortnite maker Epic Games for allegedly creating "the
First reported by Polygon, two parents in the US are suing Epic Games over limited-time sales of Fortnite skins and cosmetics that they argue aren't really limited time at all, creating a false sense of "FOMO"—a term actually used in the lawsuit—for Fortnite's younger players.
There are plenty of Fortnite skins that players want to see return in the Item Shop, but some might be gone for good.
The next Fortnite update is only a few days away. Epic Games added it to staging servers, preparing it for its release on Tuesday, March 11. This will be the first major update of Chapter 6 – Season 2 and will add many new things. Some of these additions have already been leaked, including a unique weapon called Pump & Dump.
Fortnite and Unreal Engine maker Epic Games is suing a player, Isaac Strock, for allegedly stealing and selling “hundreds” of Fortnite accounts. Epic Games announced the lawsuit in an anti-cheat update on its website on Feb. 27, filed that day in an Illinois court.
Epic Games has announced it is suing an individual from Illinois, named in its suit as one Isaac Strock, for allegedly stealing hundreds of Fortnite accounts which he then re-sold through Telegram.
Fortnite has been hit by a lawsuit claiming that it uses “deceptive sales tactics” as a way too “boost” its revenues.
Crossovers are a fun way to bring characters from other universes into Fortnite. The wacky battle royale has hosted a myriad of fun-filled franchises, like Rick
Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, has another lawsuit on its hands. Two parents are unhappy with how the in-game store operates, and they sued the company in a San Francisco court. The lawsuit, which claims that Fortnite’s Item Shop creates the illusion of scarcity, contains factual errors, which is why Epic released a statement about it.