Epic Games has taken the Fortnite servers down this March 8, 2024. This is to roll out content for Season 5, Chapter 2. Read on for the details on the server outage for today.
Update: Patch notes for v29.00 is available by clicking here.
Fortnite Down for Maintenance Schedule This March 8:
Update: Epic Games has announced that due to an unexpected error, maintenance has been extended for an additional eight hours.
Hey everyone, we encountered an unexpected issue during our maintenance and we need to extend downtime at least 8 additional hours.
We apologize for making everyone wait longer than usual to drop into Chapter 5 Season 2 of Battle Royale. The team is working through this as… pic.twitter.com/gsu79mGMiJ
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) March 8, 2024
👋 Wave a lil goodbye to the big hand.
Downtime for Ch5 S2 – Myths & Mortals starts at 3:00 AM ET with matchmaking disabled a few minutes prior. pic.twitter.com/97FZHBvLRO
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) March 7, 2024
Wave a lil goodbye to the big hand. Downtime for Ch5 S2 – Myths & Mortals starts at 3:00 AM ET with matchmaking disabled a few minutes prior.
Fortnite servers are usually down for 2 or 3 hours and this gives the team enough time to roll out the new update for everyone. As expected, a ton of new content will be added in today.
We will update this post with all the patch notes when they are revealed by Epic Games later today. Stay tuned for all of the relevant details.