The WinterFortnitefrivolities are underway once again
[Update:Epic has confirmed that servers areback online. “We appreciate everyone’s understanding as we worked to resolve these issues and we’ll have more details next week on what we’re doing to help you make up for lost time,” their statement read.Our original story follows below.]
You might have noticed if you were looking to make some Battle Pass progress today thatFortniteis down. The battle royale game has been unavailable to play for several hours today, as Epic is looking into the matter.
It started earlier today, with Epicacknowledgingthrough theFortniteStatus Twitter account that it was investigating issues with matchmaking and logging in. An update followed after, confirming that the game was currently unavailable and players would be unable to log-in as Epic investigated the issue.
Most recently, Epic has said it is working on a fix that will bringFortniteback online. The servers are unavailable in the meantime, as the team investigates a solution to its stability issues.
We’re continuing to work on a fix that will bring Fortnite back online and appreciate everyone’s patience.
Fortnite game servers are currently offline while we investigate a solution to stability issues, and we’ll provide another update as more info is available.pic.twitter.com/aRTnawTJgE
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus)May 26, 2025
It’s not uncommon for any multiplayer game to have some server hiccups orlong queue times. That goes double for games aspopularasFortnite, and during the holidays too. And considering the current season has some pretty sick web-slinging alongside its other additions, players are probably pretty eager to get in andplay a few matches.
But this has been a notable service interruption, and one that’s lasted for a while too. Players have been reporting issues throughout the day, and posts havebeen going around the internetabout the outage.
While a fix seems inevitable, it’s worth knowing about if you planned to squad up this evening. It’s another reminder, I guess, of how popularFortniteis, that its server outage iseven making headlines at non-enthusiast outlets.
We’ll update this story as we hear more from Epic about whenFortnitewill be back online.
