Fortnite Server Issues Reported for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (UPDATED)

If you are one of those players experiencing issues getting into a match on Fortnite over the last few days, you are not alone. PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC players are all reporting world-wide issues regarding logging in, matchmaking, and other social issues. Luckily, Epic Games is on it.

The developers behind the incredibly popular online game took to Twitter to give their fans an update on what's going on beginning yesterday. It makes sense that there would be an influx of players, with cross play on the horizon and mobile invites bringing even more interest into the game:

The love is strong! Due to an influx of new players, we're experiencing degradation with our matchmaking. We're disabling matchmaking and scaling up to account for this.

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) March 16, 2018

The latest news is that it has been fixed, though some users are still reporting having trouble logging in. Here was the latest update from this morning:

Login and matchmaking services have recovered and we are continuing monitoring to ensure full recovery. Have fun out there! pic.twitter.com/S9MZHGcI6K

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) March 17, 2018

It seems that for the most part, everything has been taken care of. A little spotty here and there but that's not unheard of given the massive amount of new players flocking to the game and the huge update that just hit this week. While there are a few stragglers reporting that they are still experiencing issues with matchmaking and the like, it looks like the widespread outage has been contained at this time.

In the meantime, you can check out what's new in the world of Fortnite now that the latest patch is now live:

Battle Royale

GENERAL

Bug Fixes

Improved server performance and reduced bandwidth usage when players are jumping.
Korean, Japanese, and Chinese languages will display properly in the UI when changing languages while playing the game.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

Remote Explosives added.
Rare rarity.
Found in Supply Llamas, Treasure Chests, Floor Loot or Supply Drops.
Stacks of 4 (Max of 10).
Smoke Grenade has been vaulted.

Updated the 'No Scope Hunting Rifle' name to simply be 'Hunting Rifle'.
Fixed missing environmental impact FX on Hunting Rifle projectiles.

GAMEPLAY

Limited Time Mode: Blitz
*NOTE: This mode will be enabled on 3/19.
Blitz has much shorter storm times resulting in faster & more intense matches!
Maximum match length is 15 minutes.
The match will start with the storm circle already closing in over the island.
Adjustments to loot availability:
Increased chances of treasure chests spawning from 50-70% to 80-90%.
Increased chances of ammo boxes spawning from 65-80% to 85-95%.
Floor Loot spawns nearly 100% of the time.
Supply Drop spawn interval lessened from 180s (+/- 30s) to 80s (+/- 20s).
Supply Drop descent time shortened from 60s to 30s.
Launchpad spawn likelihood greatly increased.
Harvesting resources doubled.
Resources found in loot increased from 30 to 100.
Treasure chest health increased from 200 to 500.
Ammo box health increased from 120 to 250.

Fixed an issue causing the unintentional rotation of stairs.
Fixed an issue causing an eliminated player's collision to stick around temporarily, making it difficult to pick-up their dropped items.

UI

Bug Fixes
Fixed the News window not displaying once you select Battle Royale.
Fixed a bug that sometimes made characters appear with the wrong orientation when previewing items in the front end menu.

ART/ANIMATION

Updated the circular bullet impact FX so that they help indicate the direction the shot came from.

AUDIO

Bug Fixes
Fixed gunshot sound stuttering that would occur when firing an automatic weapon at low ammo counts.
Fixed issue that caused gunfire and other sounds to play at louder volume than usual.

PERFORMANCE

Optimized shield effects on players to improve overall frame rate.

Save the World

Next chapter of Spring it On! unlocks - 'Luck of the Storm'.
Battle lucky Husks, uncover treacherous treasures, track mythical spokescreatures, and brave springtime storm shenanigans!
Quest rewards include an Epic Leprechaun Survivor + your choice of one of three Legendary St. Patrick's themed Heroes:
Luck Demolisher Wildcat
Highland Warrior Wildcat
Battle Hound Jonesy
Rebalanced Stat Caps.
Party shared F.O.R.T. stat caps have been reverted to their old balance relative to the personal F.O.R.T. stat caps.
One high-level friend can share enough F.O.R.T. stats to boost your duo to the 4-player balance point, if they are far enough above your level.
F.O.R.T. stat caps in Stonewood have been reverted to the end-of-zone threshold.
F.O.R.T. stat caps have increased across the other three locations.
They begin being offset upwards in mid-Plankerton, and this offset increases at higher difficulties.
These caps are now at or above the caps present at launch:
In the top 2 difficulties of Plankerton.
In the top 3 difficulties of Canny Valley.
In the top 4 difficulties of Twine Peaks.
Weapon level caps have been increased to match character level caps.
Increased starting cap from 12 to 20.
Caps increase in increments of 10 until they reach 50.
The points where Weapon and Character level caps increase has been moved a few difficulties earlier.
Set base Weapon Skill to 50 for all heroes.
This allows low-level players to effectively use high-level guns while playing in high-level areas.
As a result of this change the Weapon Skill skill tree nodes no longer function. We will replace or remove these nodes in a future patch.
Bug Fixes
Stat caps for Storm Shield Defenses were lower than intended and have been raised to their intended levels (equivalent to end-of-zone missions).

Critical Chance weapon and trap perks increased from 11.5% / 16.5% / 21% to 14% / 21% / 28%.
This reverts the change made to Critical Chance in the v3.2 patch.

HEROES

Shamrock Reclaimer Outlander is available in the Event Store.

Bug Fixes
The Outlander subclass Flash now unlocks Loot Llama at level 1 and 'Phase Shift' at level 2.
Fixed issue stopping Flash Eagle Eye and Flash A.C.'s abilities and traps from scaling with Tech.
Fixed issue stopping Flash Eagle Eye and Flash A.C. from interacting with Fragments at level 1.
The Speed Boost Pad no longer grants Utility for every activation.

Added sound for adding item to storage locker.
Added sounds for clicking items in the Collection Book.