Fortnite down & players ‘left shaking for hours’ as game goes offline to update and leaves characters ‘floating’
FORTNITE has stopped working leaving players “shaking for hours” as the game went offline to update.
Gamers have reported that their characters were left “floating” in the middle of the ocean while the servers remain unavailable.
Thousands of complaints have been lodged by outage tracker Down Detector with most of them being about the game and website.
The issues with the game began on Saturday evening at around 8pm UK time, during the game’s maintenance update.
It is not clear when Fortnite will be back online but it could be a few hours before players are able to log in again.
However, a new rumour that circulated on social media suggests that the game will be online at around 3pm, according to PlayStation support.
The tweet reads: “RUMOR: According to this image, the PlayStation support said the new season launches at 10am ET on December 5!
“That would be in around 16 hours..? Seems unlikely, but possible!”
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Meanwhile, gamers who have been left without Fortnite for hours took it to Twitter to express their frustration.
One said: “Fortnite has been down for hours now. The withdrawals have already started.
“I am shaking uncontrollably and my heart is pounding. I have tried to launch Fortnite 53 times since it’s been down, but to no avail.
“My life is falling apart. Please, Epic Games, bring Fortnite back.”
Another one added: “its been 14 hours since fortnite went down, I dont know what to do.
“My mom told me to walk my dog but im not used to leaving my room.
“Really scared, really worried, i’ve started uncontrollably sweating and when my dad told me dinners ready i started crying.”
A desperate parent asked: “@FortniteGame Is Fortnite down at the moment? My son is whining that he can’t play…”
Another one said: “12,5 hours sice fn went down, everything hurts, don know what to do, no fortnite for 12 hours.”
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