Webzen’s cellular recreation R2M / Courtesy of Webzen
The antitrust watchdog stated Sunday it has imposed a advantageous of 158 million gained ($107,000) on recreation writer Webzen for deceptive gamers in regards to the chance of acquiring in-game gadgets in its fashionable role-playing recreation MU Archangel.
Webzen didn’t correctly disclose the precise possibilities of buying sure random gadgets from in-game buy from June 2020 to March 2024, producing a further 6.7 billion gained in income throughout the interval, in accordance with the Honest Commerce Fee (FTC).
The FTC ordered the corporate to halt the unlawful follow and submit measures to forestall recurrence.
On the identical time, the FTC additionally fined 4 different recreation publishers — Gravity, Wemade, Krafton and Com2us — 2.5 million gained every for related violations.
