It’s not just Palworld that’s having server issues today, as Epic Games has confirmed Fortnite is down this October 20 as well. This is in part of the global outage happening across multiple online services and domains. Read on for what Epic Games has to say about today’s server woes.

Millions worldwide faced disruptions as Fortnite and other major online services went offline due to a widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. The issue, which affected platforms like Amazon and Snapchat,

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This story was updated to report continued outages and Fortnite's 9 a.m. update. Many gamers experienced problems with Battle Royale video game Fortnite early Tuesday morning, which continued for several hours amid a prolonged maintenance period.

UPDATE: As of 12:15 PM on June 5 2025, Fortnite servers are back online and the issue has been resolved. Fortnite summer is in full swing with Galactic Battle events and fresh updates. However, players are currently having trouble connecting to the game's ...