From 11:00 am on April 25 Fortnite is not working and does not allow players to access the servers: here’s what’s happening
Fortnite is down from 11:00 am on April 25 and does not allow players to access the servers and start a new game. Don’t worry, the problem doesn’t depend on your PC or console: the problem comes following the release of the update to version 8.5 that should bring many new features to the video game.
As always happens after the release of a new version of the game, Epic Games, the software house that developed Fortnite, takes the servers offline to speed up the work of the developers. The company announced on social media the arrival of the new update also anticipating the down of Fortnite. But it doesn’t seem that players have read the post, since there are hundreds the protest messages posted on social networks. The video game should be back online as soon as the work for the update is finished.
Why Fortnite is not working today
The reason for the Fortnite down is very simple: the software house is updating the video game to version 8.5 and the servers are momentarily offline. The problem should be solved soon, as soon as the activities for the release of the latest update of Fortnite are finished.
Tens of reports from online players, both on social networks and on platforms such as downdetctor.it, where the complaints of users are collected when a service does not work. In a very short time the reports concerning the down of Fortnite have been hundreds, demonstrating the fact that the videogame (available both on desktop and mobile) is very popular among young people. We will follow the story and in the coming hours we will give you more information about the new update of Fornite that brings with it very interesting news.
Update at 13:40
Fortnite is back online with update 8.50.