Epic Games Fortnite Servers Status - Not Responding Due to v5.40.2 Update
By Nicholas Barth ·
When will Fortnite be back online? The Fortnite servers are currently not responding because of Epic Games implementing a new client update.
When will the Fortnite servers be back up? That is the question that many Fortnite Battle Royale players are likely asking at this moment as the servers for Fortnite are currently down. The reasoning behind the current unavailable server status for Fortnite is due to Epic Games implementing a brand new client update for the popular battle royale game.
Epic Games announced on Monday, September 10th that it would be implementing a new client update in the form of v5.40.2 in order to fix a few unspecified issues with the game. The v5.40.2 client update that has put every Fortnite server down as its main status currently is separate from the v5.40 content update that will be implemented later on Tuesday, September 11th.
There will be a client update with downtime tomorrow, September 11 at 2 AM ET (0600 GMT).
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) September 10, 2018
This is to fix a few issues and is separate from the v5.40 Content Update.
The v5.40.2 client update that has made each server for Fortnite currently unavailable and down began its downtime at 2 AM EST. However, Epic Games has not announced how long the downtime for the client update will take. The developer of the massively popular battle royale game stated on the official Twitter account for the battle royale title that it would do its best to get players back onto their quests of obtaining Victory Royales in a short period of time.
Downtime for the v5.40.2 client update has begun. We'll get you back out there shortly.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) September 11, 2018
With many players around the world anxiously awaiting to see the server status for the battle royale title made available again by Epic Games instead of being down, the developer is no doubt doing its best in order to have the new v5.40.2 client update implemented as fast as possible.
With this story currently being of a developing nature, we will continue to update it with any new information regarding when the server status for the servers of Fortnite are made available again and are no longer down when it is made available by Epic Games.
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)