Fortnite Servers Down for Maintenance and Chapter 5, Season 4 Roll Out

The next major update for Fortnite is almost upon us, but before that happens, Epic Games has to take the Fortnite servers down, and this is to bring the Chapter 5, Season 4 patch this August 15 (August 16 for those outside the US).

Fortnite Servers Down for Maintenance Schedule – Chapter 5, Season 4:

According to Epic Games, downtime is expected to start at:

• August 15 – 11 pm ET/9 pm PDT
• August 16 – 11 am HKT

Duration: Unspecified, but dataminers have said that it will last for five hours.

The patch accompanying this downtime will be for Absolute Doom, which brings another Marvel-themed event into the game.

What’s Incoming for Fortnite Chapter 5, Season 4?

Based on the D23 livestream that aired back in August 8, players can expect the X-Men, other Marvel characters, with Doctor Doom as the featured villain. For the new locales, expect it to be themed around the Marvel supervillain, Castle Doom, Doomstadt and more are expected.

There are also gameplay adjustments and more on the way as well, and once those are available, we’ll be sure to provide a link out to it.

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