Fortnite Servers Taken Down This May 31 to Usher in Bug Fixes

Epic Games has taken the Fortnite servers down this May 31, and this is not for a major update as usually planned, but just for bug fixes. Expect a patch to be released alongside this too, as is often the case.

Fortnite Servers Status for May 31:

Update: Maintenance has been completed per Epic Games!

For details on today’s patch, head on over here.

Here’s the announcement from Epic Games:

We’re taking a brief downtime tomorrow 5/31 @ 4 AM ET to roll out some bug fixes.

Matchmaking will be disabled 30 minutes before downtime begins. pic.twitter.com/Y1zrCzeATh

— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) May 30, 2024

Downtime start: 4 am ET/ 1am PT/4 pm HKT

Duration: Not specified but usually 2-3 hours

Players got the big Chapter 5 Season 3 content drop last week, so don’t expect any new content for this this title update released during today’s downtime.

If anything changes regarding the schedule, we’ll provide an update in this article to help our fellow Fortnite players get into the game as soon as possible.

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