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Fortnite DOWN – game goes offline for users in mystery outage
FORTNITE has stopped working for some gamers in a mystery outage.
Players were unable to log on to the wildly popular video game on Tuesday afternoon.
Fortnite stopped working on Tuesday according to some gamers[/caption]
Thousands of complaints about the game have been logged by outage tracker Down Detector.
Most of the complaints relate to being able to access the game online.
Issues with the game began flooding in on Tuesday afternoon at around 4pm UK time.
Gamers are also complaining about the Epic Games store not working.
Down Detector has logged thousands of complaints[/caption]
Epic Games is the studio that created Fortnite, as well as other popular games including the Gears of War franchise.
Hundreds of players have taken to Twitter to report issues with Fortnite too.
It’s currently unclear what has caused the apparent outage.
Often outages like this are due to bungled updates.
Other times, the servers that host the game for players fail – locking gamers out.
However, Epic Games hasn’t confirmed why players are struggling to get online.
We’ve asked Epic Games for comment and will update this story with any response.
Fortnite is one of the world’s most popular video games, loved by tens of millions of players around the world.
The game was released in 2017, and achieved much of its success due to its Battle Royale portion.
During a Fortnite match, 100 players are dropped onto a virtual island where they’re tasked with surviving.
This involves collect items and slaying other players, all in a bid to be the last person standing.
It’s available very widely, including on Microsoft Windows, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and Android.
Fortnite was previously available on iPhone, but was removed from the App Store due to a legal clash between Epic Games and Apple.
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