Epic Games announced that as of 8:00 am on June 17, servers are under maintenance for the arrival of the new Season 3 Chapter 2
Fortnite servers are currently offline, but players don’t have to worry: this is a long-planned maintenance to give developers a way to launch the new season of the video game. June 17 has finally arrived, the day chosen by Epic Games for the start of Season 3 of Chapter 2. After several delays, after having postponed it twice (the first to improve the final product, the second due to the protests that broke out in the U.S.), Season 3 Chapter 2 is ready to debut.
This is one of the most important moments of Fortnite in recent years. The game is experiencing a bit of a peculiar moment, with more and more pro players complaining about a deterioration in gameplay, especially following the new map introduced with Chapter 2. For this reason, one of the novelties of the new season could be just a change of the map. Another novelty was introduced with the event The Device organized on Monday, June 15 and followed by millions of people: the storm has been replaced by a wall of water that completely changes the endgame phases.
Why Fortnite is offline on June 17
This is a scheduled maintenance and announced by the same Epic Games on its official profile. From 8:00 am on June 17 and for several hours, it will not be possible to access Fortnite in view of the update to Season 3 Chapter 2. The work should last a couple of hours and eventually users will have to download an update that promises to be full-bodied and with many new features.
In comparison to the past, Epic Games has managed to keep hidden until the end what will be the changes brought in the video game by this new update. Will the map change? Will new weapons be added? What will be the effect of the wall of water that replaces the storm? Also, don’t forget the Season 3 Chapter 2 Battle Pass that will surely bring additional skins and items to unlock. Just a few more hours and we’ll know more.