UPDATE ONE: The official Fortnite Twitter account has tweeted to say the issues affecting the hit online game have now been resolved.
Earlier today the Fortnite team said they were experiencing issues with the backend that may cause connection problems.
And they have now added: “Hooray! All backend problems are now resolved. We were able to catch those issues early on which allowed us to fix them quickly and get you back into the action!”
ORIGINAL: Fortnite fans have today seen the week 4 challenges go live, but they may have trying to complete the tasks with the online game hit by issues today.
The official Fortnite Twitter account has just tweeted to say that Battle Royale and Save The World fans may be experiencing connection problems.
Epic Games explained that issues with their “backend services” may be causing some Fortnite fans to have trouble connecting online.
They tweeted: “We’re currently experiencing issues with our backend services. You may encounter connection problems due to this.
“We’ll update you when we have more information.”
Fortnite went down for two hours today to prepare for the rollout of patch V3.3, which brought with it llama loot and the new remote explosives.
While yesterday Fortnite also went down for thousands of users amid matchmaking and login issues.
Independent outage monitor Down Detector registered a surge of Fortnite down reports as the game was hit by online issues.
During the outage on Wednesday Fortnite took to Twitter to report online issues with the game.
One player tweeted: “What a great time for Fortnite to go down”.
While another wrote: “Fortnite down. Nothing to do.”
One added: “Fortnite down again what will I do with my night”.
And one posted: “Fortnite servers down for anyone else”.
The latest Fortnite server issues come after Epic Games rolled out patch V3.3 for PS4, Xbox One, PCs and Macs earlier today.
Fortnite v3.3 introduces the remote explosives, the Supply Llama and the limited time Blitz mode.
Blitz, which will be activated on March 19, features shorter and more intense battles.
Matches will start with the storm circle already closing in on the island.
Likewise, fans will only have a maximum of 15 minutes to complete games.