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Fortnite servers status: Fortnite servers OFFLINE, how long will servers be down for? (Pic: EPIC GAMES)
Fortnite servers will be switched off this morning by Epic Games. That means matchmaking will be temporarily disabled for Battle Royale and Save the World with waiting in queue errors highly likely for anyone attempting to log in.
Epic Games have taken Fortnite offline this morning so the team can release the new v6.10 update.
Fortnite's next big update is scheduled to arrive this morning, the third proper update to the game since the launch of Season 6 in September.
Epic Games is rolling out the new patch, but it's still unclear exactly what changes will be made to the game. Although, we do have plenty of ideas, related to new skins, new vehicles and also a variety of bug fixes.
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Epic Games announced the downtime last night on Twitter, telling fans: “Get revved up! Patch v6.10 rolls out tomorrow, Tuesday, October 16.
"Patch Notes will be available once downtime begins at 4 AM ET (0800 GMT)."
For anyone confused and living in the UK, Fortnite will actually be going down from 9am BST in the UK – because it is currently British Summer Time not Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
We thought that was worth pointing out since it's not something that's clear from the above tweet.
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A new vehicle looks to be coming with the new update (Pic: EPIC GAMES)
How long will Fortnite be down for?
Epic Games has not given any details about how long the downtime will last today.
Players are normally booted off the game 20 minutes before downtime begins and it peculiar lasts for a couple of hours at least.
It's also worth noting that Fortnite downtime will affect players across all platforms. This includes PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac and Mobile (both iOS and Android).
Based on past downtime and updates, we could estimate the game will be back online by roughly 10 to 11am BST.
Why is Fortnite down today?
As mentioned, Epic is preparing to release a brand new update to the game. The third major update since the release of Season 6.
But Epic have not specifically mentioned what they are taking the game offline for. We do have some ideas though on what the new update will contain.
As we've already mentioned you should see the launch of the new Quadcrasher vehicle.
But we've got some more ideas on what else we could see related to new skins, new cosmetic items and plenty more which you can read about on our Fortnite update 6.10 blog post from last night.
Stay tuned for more details…
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