After 5 hours of downtime on Wednesday, local time in the United States, Epic Games resumed the operation of Fortnite. In this downtime incident, many users reported that they could not log in to Fortnite or even play offline games. And during this time, users also reported that they could not log in to the Epic Games store.
Two hours ago, Epic’s official account Fortnite Status wrote: Fortnite game server is back online, Winterfest is still going on! As we work hard to solve these problems, we thank everyone for their understanding, and we will provide it next week. More detailed information about what we are doing to help you make up for a lost time.
We are investigating login, matchmaking and other issues.
We will update you when the issues are resolved. pic.twitter.com/p9TwuvGEXt
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) December 29, 2021