Fall Guys studio apologizes for bug that caused players to make unintentional purchases

pcgamer.com:

The transition of Fall Guys(opens in new tab) to a free-to-play game has been a major success for Mediatonic and Epic Games, but there have been a couple bumps. Servers struggled(opens in new tab) to deal with a sudden spike in players after the switch, forcing the developers to disable custom lobbies and some parts of the in-game store, and now some players are encountering a bug that's causing them to unintentionally buy items from the store instead of previewing them.

Dozens of users have reported the problem over the past week in this Reddit thread(opens in new tab), which cites a handful of possible causes for items being «auto purchased» without a confirmation step. This video, for instance, claims to show an item (the Yellow Belly) being immediately purchased when the player attempted to preview it:

Making matters worse, at least one redditor claimed that Mediatonic support was dismissing the complaints outright. The Fall Guys policy(opens in new tab) on cosmetics is that all purchases are final and non-refundable, which is clear enough, but according to ChunkyPeat(opens in new tab), a support rep named Steve accused them of lying about the situation in order to get around the refund policy.

«You have stated that this is a 'bugged purchase' and a 'known issue.' Neither of these things is the case,» the rep wrote. «The purchase was made by you, not a bug. Whether it was intentional or not, this is still the case.

»This is not a 'known issue' because it is not an issue. Items cannot be bought automatically by the system, they always require input from the player. Again, whether accidental or not, you made this input and purchased the item. As per our EULA, which you agreed to, all purchases are final and will not be