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Fortnite Outage Extended as Developers Work to Fix Update Glitch

An unexpected glitch found during offline checks has delayed the Season 3 update past its 4-hour window with no restart ETA.

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Overview

  • Servers remain offline more than five hours after maintenance began at 4 AM ET on July 15.
  • Epic Games extended the downtime to resolve an issue uncovered during routine offline checks.
  • Patch v36.20 will introduce a Superman crossover, the permanent Blitz Royale mode and the Boom Bonanza event.
  • The update also includes numerous bug fixes to improve stability and address recent gameplay issues.
  • A datamining group suggests the delay stems from the patch not accounting for a server-side hotfix deployed last week.