Fortnite Outage Affects Matchmaking, Competitive Events

Fortnite players have experienced significant disruptions due to technical issues affecting matchmaking and login services, with Epic Games confirming a major outage in matchmaking and a partial outage in logins. The problems have led to the rescheduling of competitive events like the EU Div 1 Finals and the OCE Div Cup Final. Epic Games is actively investigating the issue and providing updates through their status page and Fortnite Status Twitter account. This outage comes amid a recent update, 34.20, which briefly took servers offline for scheduled maintenance, introducing new content such as Mortal Kombat collaborations and gameplay features. Despite the update, the issues have resulted in an unprecedented drop in player count, raising concerns over Fortnite's future stability and player engagement. The gaming community remains anxious for a resolution, as the game's popularity and player base could be significantly impacted if the issues persist.