Matthew is the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police. He's been gaming since his first taste of a TI-99 at four years old. Matthew has been an Android user since the HTC Hero and has covered ...

Over the summer of 2020, a six-year-old spent over $16,000 in the App Store, on in-app purchases for the iPad version of Sega's "Sonic Forces." Jessica Johnson of Wilton, CT. discovered a series of ...

Money in the hands of a Sonic-loving child can only meet one fate: it's going to go fast. That's the unfortunate lesson learned by a Connecticut mom whose 6-year-old son racked up $16,000 in in-app ...

Facepalm: If parents of mobile game-loving kids needed another warning to turn off in-app purchases, here it is: a six-year-old Connecticut boy spent $16,000 on Sonic Forces using his mother's credit ...