Fortnite is down and gamers are unable to log-in

We’ve got unhealthy information in case you’re on winter break and hope to play some Fortnite, as Epic Video games has confirmed its battle royale shooter is down — and this time it’s not to assist increase the sport’s lore. In accordance with a tweet from its personal standing web page, “Fortnite is at present unavailable and gamers are unable to log-in whereas we examine a problem. We’ll present extra information when we’ve got an answer to deliver companies again on-line.” A follow-up tweet at 3:10PM ET from the workforce says they’re “persevering with to work on a repair that can deliver Fortnite again on-line and recognize everybody’s endurance.”

Our personal senior leisure editor Andrew Webster has been battling the platform, which was telling many gamers, “You wouldn’t have permission to play Fortnite.” The corporate began investigating this situation a few hours in the past and gamers have reported spotty connections ever since, however now it seems that logins are unavailable.

When the servers initially went down, the Epic Video games launcher wouldn’t even begin Fortnite, displaying the servers have been offline, however now it’s going to attempt to launch the sport. Sadly, after launching, as many gamers have reported and we skilled in a check, it merely locations you in a queue for ten minutes or so, then fails to attach totally.

Across the similar time the problem began, the Epic Video games Retailer was additionally having issues, the place some gamers stated they couldn’t log in and even entry their video games for offline play. Now at the very least the Epic Video games desktop launcher is working so you’ll be able to nonetheless play different video games in your PC.

Replace December twenty ninth, 3:00PM ET: Added particulars about present server standing and points logging in.

Replace December twenty ninth, 3:18PM ET: Added newest tweet about Fortnite server restoration progress.