Fortnite is down now

There are a lot of reports out there. fortnite It's currently down. fortnite Players took to social media to share their complaints, with reports pouring in from all over.

The Christmas holidays are a great time for most gamers. This is because most people can take a break from school or work and devote themselves to playing games. However, outages can be a serious problem even during the holidays, with major outages affecting players, such as Steam crashing on Christmas Eve.

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Fortnite ends on Christmas Eve

Unfortunately, Christmas Eve also caused problems for gamers outside of Steam. This is because players are reporting that they cannot access it. fortnite. According to Down Detector, reports of the game being down began circulating around 5 PM Pacific Time, reaching as many as 25,000 reports at one point.

The outage was acknowledged by Epic Games around 6pm Pacific Time, calling it a “significant outage” for the game, especially for logging in. According to Epic, this issue extends to: Rocket League and fall guys. The developer is currently working on a fix, and as of 7:04 PM PT, has warned that some players may be taken offline after the fix is implemented. If a player is actively participating in a game and gets kicked out and can't log back in, it's a good idea to keep an eye on the Epic Games status page to see if the fix is finally deployed and everything returns to normal.

Unfortunately for many fans, this hiatus couldn't have come at a worse time. In addition to shortening Christmas game times, players are also eagerly awaiting the addition of the long-rumored IShowSpeed. fortnite. The bundle includes two IShowSpeed skins, a Speed Cam, two emblems, the Barrier Breaker emote, Speed's Triden, IShow's Speedboard, ISpeedStyle wrap, and headshots/gas on the Truck Jam track, available now for 3,000 V-Bucks. Fortunately, you can purchase it until January 3rd, but it's frustrating to not be able to play the game as many players have been waiting for this moment.