Fortnite Servers Down Today, December 29, 2021:According to multiple players and official status, Fortnite servers are down and not working for an hour, and the community is unable to log in and enter the process of matchmaking. Even Epic released an official statement saying they were investigating the matter.
The article describes the current Fortnite scenario as servers are down and players cannot connect, and what players should do during this time.
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Fortnite is a very popular battle royale game published by Epic Games. All Fortnite servers will be down today as Epic Games rolls out the 19.01 update across all major platforms. Players received messages like "You don't have permission to play Fortnite , trying to enter the game.
Generally, downtimes occur when there are updates in the game. The first major update since the launch of Fortnite Chapter 3 is available today on PlayStation, Xbox, PC, Nintendo and mobile . The game is starting to disable matchmaking earlier this afternoon and server downtime for a short time.
At 1:13 p.m. ET, Epic Games mentioned it was investigating "an issue" and promised to share more information once it has a fix for the issue. Several streamers reported the matter via Twitter, showing their visible disgust at the ongoing issue, and many also informed that account information was also unavailable.
The Epic Games Store was also experiencing issues today, with some players claiming they couldn't log in or even access their games to play offline. The platform might even be unavailable for a long time today, as there have been no further updates from the maintainers yet.
"Fortnite is currently unavailable and players cannot log in while we investigate an issue. We will provide more information when we have a solution to bring the services back online. Yet, on its state website, the company describes the incident as a "major failure." This same webpage notes that the Epic Games Store suffers from "degraded performance".
Players are advised to refrain from trying too hard to gain access to the platform during this time, although the issue appears to be temporary and will be resolved soon.
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