Fortnite Contacting Services - Servers Currently Down

By Nicholas Barth ·

Are the Fortnite servers down? The Fortnite servers look to be down due to an issue with the game contacting services when players are trying to jump into matches.

Fortnite Contacting Services - Servers Currently Down

It looks as though the Fortnite servers are down currently, as many players are currently experiencing an issue where they can not get past the contacting services loading page when trying to log into the popular battle royale title. The servers being down due to the contacting services issue has since been publicly addressed by the official Twitter account for Fortnite, and it did not give an exact time when players can expect the contacting services issue and the servers being down to be resolved. 

Fortnite Contacting Services Servers Down
(Source: Epic Games)

Fortnite Contacting Services - Servers Down

Taking to the official Twitter account for Fortnite, Epic Games explained that the servers were down for many players due to the contacting services issue and other problems.

"We're aware that players may be unable to login across all platforms. We're investigating the issue now and will update when we have more information," said Epic Games. 

We're aware that players may be unable to login across all platforms. We're investigating the issue now and will update when we have more information.

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) May 24, 2019

With Fortnite being one of the most popular video game titles in the world, there is always a large multitude of players who are playing the high-profile battle royale game on a daily basis. This means that the problems that are currently causing the game of Fortnite to be down are no doubt causing headaches for players who are trying to get some matches in right now. The fact that no timetable for when these problems would be solved is also likely not pleasing many players.

However, Epic Games is likely working hard to make sure that the contacting services issue and other problems are resolved in order to make sure the servers are no longer down for the community. 

We will continue to update this article with any information regarding the Fortnite contacting services issue and other problems that have caused the servers to go down when it is made available by an official source.