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Fortnite Fans Say the Game Is Opening the Door to Loot Boxes by Allowing Creator-Made Modes to Sell 'Paid Random Items' — Though Their Sale Is Restricted in Certain Countries ...

Fortnite developer Epic Games has detailed how it will soon allow third-party sellers to offer "paid random items" within the game's creator-made modes — something that opens the door to loot boxes, ...
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Epic Games Refutes Claims They’ll “Add Gambling” To ‘Fortnite’ Via User-Created Loot Boxes, Calls Them “Paid Random Items” Instead

Epic Games have refuted claims they are going to “add gambling” to Fortnite via user-created loot boxes. The company insists creators will have to disclose the odds on “paid random items.” RELATED: ...
IGN

"Your responsibility to comply with laws."

Fortnite developer Epic Games has detailed how it will soon allow third-party sellers to offer "paid random items" within the game's creator-made modes — something that opens the door to loot boxes, ...
Polygon

Fortnite's big new gamble on microtransactions raises immediate red flags

Fortnite is earning its reputation as the most expensive free game around. After announcing in September 2025 that it would be introducing in-game purchases to Creative islands, developer Epic Games ...
The Escapist

Fortnite fans are angry about gambling – RNGesus wept

Epic Games’ potential addition of ‘paid random items’, or loot boxes, to me and you, has caused uproar amongst Fortnite players who, by their own definition, have probably spent their whole life ...
Polygon

Fortnite’s new rules block 'prize wheel' gambling, but loot boxes are OK

After a week of blowback, Epic Games has addressed a recent change that allowed Fortnite Creative builders to offer in-game purchases on their islands. Almost immediately after the feature went live, ...