[UPDATE] Fortnite Is Back Online, Rewards Planned For Next Week

Update: 7:40 p.m. Eastern:Fortnite has been restored to online status after it was taken offline several hours ago due to server problems. Fortnite Status Twitter confirmed the fix, and offered a compensation for players who were offline. We will have more information on the reward next week. 

Original story: If you’ve been having trouble logging into Fortnite today, you’re not alone. Epic Games confirmed to us that battle royale suffers from matchmaking and login problems.

You will be greeted with this message if you attempt to launch Fortnite matches at 02:07 Eastern time.

Epic doesn’t share an explanation for the outage but promises to provide info when a solution becomes available. In the meantime, if you were hoping to rack up Victory Royale’s in the game’s ongoing Winterfest event, you’re out of luck for the time being. The same is true if you’re looking to blast foes as Boba Fett to celebrate today’s premiere of the character’s new Disney+ series.

We’ll keep an eye on the situation and provide an update when the problems are resolved.