Fortnite is having some issues.
Epic Games
Fortnite is down as of Tuesday afternoon, according to developer Epic Games. The company tweeted about players experiencing issues and said it’s working to resolve them.
“We’re currently investigating issues with logins, matchmaking, the Item Shop, and other Fortnite services,” Epic said. The Fortnite status page shows that all the services are listed as having “degraded performance.”
We’re currently investigating issues with logins, matchmaking, the Item Shop, and other Fortnite services. We’ll provide an update when these are resolved. pic.twitter.com/xrFnlGQtIT
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— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) March 17, 2020
Outage monitor DownDetector showed reports of the game going down at approximately 2:35 p.m. ET.
Players took to Twitter to talk about the issues. Some tweeted pictures showing that their friends list had been wiped out.
@EpicGames you updated fortnite, then tons of stuff like all my friends on fortnite got removed my cloud settings are removed and sometimes I can’t login nor play please fix this!
— SpaceFan Ty London (@TyLondonyt) March 17, 2020
Epic responded, saying the friend list will be fixed once the issues are addressed.
We are still actively working to resolve these issues.
Please note that if your Friends aren’t listed in your Friends List, they will be there again when these issues are resolved.
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) March 17, 2020
Others mentioned how this outage happened during the coronavirus outbreak.