Fortnite is currently down

Fortnite is down for everyone, not just you

The servers for Fortnite are currently offline, and there’s no estimate for when they’ll be back up.

“Login is currently blocked across all Epic endpoints, including games, websites, and the Epic Games Launcher,” Epic Games said last night. “This is due to a database failure which we are working to resolve as quickly as possible. In a measure towards resolution, matchmaking will be blocked for a short period. Thank you for your patience!”

There was then a degradation of matchmaking to handle account service issues, and Epic later stated that the problems were getting better.

“We’ll be undergoing emergency downtime to deploy major upgrades to our database systems,” the company later announced. The database upgrade process is still ongoing at the time of this writing, and the game “remains in downtime,” as of Epic Games’ most recent status update.

We’ve reached out to Epic Games for any clarity on what exactly happened and when we can expect the game to return.

For now, the game is down for everyone, not just you, and there’s no clear timeline for when the servers will come back.

Source: Polygon – Full