Those looking for some Fortnite fun today, you might be having issues connecting to the game, and it’s not you, but the game itself. Epic Games has acknowledged the Fortnite down reports that are surfacing this December 29, though there’s no specific reason as to what’s happening.
Fortnite Down Reports This December 29:
Update #2: Epic has announced that servers are back online!
Fortnite game servers are back online and the Winterfest continues! ❄️
We appreciate everyone’s understanding as we worked to resolve these issues and we’ll have more details next week on what we’re doing to help you make up for lost time. pic.twitter.com/ruLmG4xHgk
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) December 29, 2021
Update: Epic has given an update to say that servers are still down, and that they are working on it. Sit tight! We’ll be updating this post as more info becomes available.
Original Story:
Over on the game’s subreddit for Battle Royale, multiple threads have cropped up regarding the outage:
ive reset my xbox, relaunched fortnite, and confirmed my wifi is normal. ive been here for 30 minutes. help. from FortNiteBR
Over on Twitter, the official Fortnite Status account acknowledged the outage and said the following:
Fortnite is currently unavailable and players are unable to log-in while we investigate an issue.
We'll provide more info when we have a solution to bring services back online. pic.twitter.com/B3wXvu5SL6
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) December 29, 2021
Some players have reported that they have been able to connect, though have been put in a queue!
This is definitely bad news, as it is the holidays, and I gather a lot of people are home hoping to play some online multiplayer. If you’re able to connect, share which country you’re from and what platform so we can let our other Fortnite fans know when servers are going back up! If you’re curious as to the latest title update for the game, head on over here for the v19.01 patch notes
We’ll be updating the post as more news develops, so refresh this post from time to time.
Arghh
When will they be able to tell us when it will be done