According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Epic games was fined for using “dark patterns” in 2022. Notably Epic games was the developer behind the popular game Fortnite. Fortnite is a ...

The situation is all the more glaring considering that the Fortnite Status account quoted the original Tweet, in which it outright says that there is no time limit. Some have tried to explain away ...

10, 2025. In the settlement, the FTC concluded that Epic Games used design tricks known as dark patterns to make in-game sales. "Fortnite's counterintuitive, inconsistent, and confusing button ...