Currently, there are connection issues and login problems in Fortnite this evening on Saturday, August 31. Players are having difficulties logging in on PS4, PC, and Xbox One: Fortnite does not start. There is a current outage. Error codes 91 and 93 are causing problems with party functions.
Why is Fortnite not working? Fortnite has already experienced connection problems today on Saturday. These issues have intensified since the evening and are currently ongoing.
Players receive the message when trying to log into Fortnite’s servers: “A connection problem occurred while checking the service status.”
The problems are not due to individual players or a platform but are on Fortnite’s side.
Are the Fortnite servers down? The servers are not actually down. Those who are logged in can play.
However, there are issues with logging in. Those who are online in Fortnite should not log out if they plan to continue playing this evening.
Login failed in Fortnite
This was the timeline of the connection problems:
- The problems started at 3 PM German time.
- Then Epic announced at 4:45 PM on Twitter that the connection issues in Fortnite had been resolved.
- However, currently, there are difficulties again since 7 PM this evening. Players report that they are having connection problems and therefore difficulties logging in at all. It seems there has been a serious outage in Fortnite.
Epic postpones tournaments due to current outage
This is what Epic says: They say they know that players are having difficulty logging into Fortnite.
They are working on the issue and investigating it.
When will the Fortnite servers be back online?
For now, Epic has postponed the tournaments scheduled for this evening by two hours. This affects the new Champion Series – also here in Europe:
- Actually, this tournament was supposed to start at 7 PM.
- The postponement to 9 PM likely means that Epic currently expects to resolve the connection problems by 9 PM. If that’s not the case and the server issues persist, Epic will surely continue to postpone the tournaments.
Update: Epic expects a longer outage – into the night
Update 9:02 PM: It seems it is taking significantly longer than 9 PM. Epic has now canceled the tournaments in Europe for Saturday and postponed them to Sunday.
The next date for competitive Fortnite play is 2 AM tonight. Then Round 1 will start in the USA.
Apparently, Epic expects the outage to last longer.
Update 9:32 PM: The login problems in Fortnite seem to have significantly subsided since 9:15 PM. Although there is still no official all-clear from Epic, it seems the worst is over.
Players can log in, but there are issues with groups
Update 10:45 PM: Epic has now officially given the all-clear regarding the login problems, but difficulties continue. Players report error code 91 and error code 93 in Fortnite.
Players are having trouble getting into lobbies and playing with others. Epic acknowledges these errors and is working on them.
Some Fortnite players are reacting quite drastically to the outage:
fix login issues you clowns pic.twitter.com/hnSSkJKVEB
— Chlzy ☔️ (@sl4shisepic) August 31, 2019
We will keep you updated at MeinMMO.
So bleibt Ihr bei Fortnite auf dem Laufenden: Mehr Infos und News zum Spiel findet Ihr auch auf unserer Fortnite-Seite auf Facebook. Wenn Ihr noch Mitspieler für ein paar Runden sucht, schaut doch in unserer Fortnite-Gruppe vorbei.
There are currently some issues in Fortnite, so the mechs are disabled:
