Epic Games has introduced that beginning January 30, Fortnite will now not be out there to gamers beneath the age of 18 on iOS and Google Play.

Players can even not be capable of spend V-Bucks, the sport’s in-app forex.

“Beginning January 30, Fortnite gamers utilizing the August 2020 13.40 app construct beforehand out there on iOS, Mac, and Google Play can now not spend V-Bucks and have to be over 18 to play,” Fortnite tweeted.

“We want all versions of our games to use the current suite of Epic Online Services including parental controls, purchasing defaults, and parental verification features. We are not able to update the app on these platforms given Apple and Google’s restrictions on Fortnite,” it added.

In December final 12 months, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had mentioned that it has reached a $520 million settlement with Epic Games, creator of the favored online game Fortnite, over allegations that the corporate violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and deployed design methods, often known as darkish patterns, to dupe tens of millions of gamers into making unintentional purchases.

Fortnite revamped $9 billion throughout its first two years in existence.

Epic pays a $275 million penalty for violating kids’s privateness regulation, change default privateness settings, and pay $245 million in refunds for tricking customers into making undesirable fees.

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