Something has gone awry during Fortnite’s new update, and the the mega-popular online shooter/metaverse is down. Epic has acknowledged the error with a post on @FortniteStatus that offers no indication of how long the game will remain offline.
“Hey everyone, we’re extending downtime while we work to resolve an issue discovered during offline checks. We’ll do our best to get Fortnite servers online ASAP. Keep an eye on this thread for any future updates.”
There’s unlikely to be any further explanation from Epic, but the fact that the company has publicly acknowledged a delay likely means it won’t be resolved all that quickly–there’s a possibility it will remain offline into the evening. If a fix was coming within an hour or two, Epic would almost certainly have just hunkered down and finished it instead of posting about it. While we have no official explanation for the delay, one datamining group has suggested it’s because the new patch doesn’t account for a server-side hotfix that was deployed last week.
It’s not the most opportune moment for this to happen, since this patch is Fortnite’s first update in a month, and is intended to introduce Superman’s Fortress of Solitude to the Battle Royale island, along with all sorts of other goodies like new Fantastic Four skins that will likely be sold alongside the new movie later this month. It’s another delay for Superman-related content, after the arrival of the new David Corenswet Superman skin on the battle pass was marred by a bug that prevented most folks from being able to unlock it.