‘Fortnite’ Is Down As Epic Takes Servers Offline To Investigate Login Issues

Update: Servers are back online.

Original Story:

Fortnite: Battle Royale has gone offline. Epic Games has taken down the game’s servers following problems with kicks and logins.

The company announced that the game was going offline just moments ago, following an hour or so of issues that Epic is currently investigating.

Epic also reassured players that receiving the message “You do not have permission to play Fortnite” or “Your account no longer has play access to Fortnite” have not been banned. This is simply part of the larger issue that they are currently trying to sort out.

As of right now there is no telling how long servers will be offline, but given that Epic has taken that step I wouldn’t count on this resolving very quickly. This suggests to me that something more serious is going on, perhaps even a DDoS attack, though I can only speculate until we learn more from Epic Games.

If you were hoping to play some Fortnite this afternoon, you’ll need to change your plans around. Fortunately there are plenty of great battle royale games to choose from right now, including:

• Call Of Duty: Warzone
• Apex Legends
• Spellbreak

These three are all free-to-play. And if you’re a PS Plus member you can download PUBG: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds for free as well.

I’ll keep an eye on Fortnite’s status as this unfolds and will update this post as we learn more. Hopefully the game isn’t down for too long, but you never know with something like this. Stay tuned.

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