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Fortnite Offers Instant Refunds on D4vd Items After Murder Charge

The rare refund exception shows how player pressure can reshape a live game’s policies within days.

Overview

  • Epic Games now lets Fortnite players get instant refunds on D4vd cosmetics, with support staff issuing V-Bucks for items that were earned rather than bought.
  • The company has not said it will remove the content, and it plans to place the 'Feel It' and 'Trophy Drop' emotes on its opt-out Confrontational Emotes list on May 14.
  • The refund move followed days of player backlash over D4vd-branded content still appearing in Fortnite.
  • Burke, 21, has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez after her remains were found in a Tesla registered to him last year.
  • Prosecutors say police found child sexual abuse material on Burke’s phone, and a preliminary hearing on May 1 is expected to make much of their evidence public.