{"id":458045,"date":"2025-11-10T04:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T04:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/update-fortnite-is-back-online-rewards-planned-for-next-week\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T04:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T04:16:41","slug":"update-fortnite-is-back-online-rewards-planned-for-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/update-fortnite-is-back-online-rewards-planned-for-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPDATE] Fortnite Is Back Online, Rewards Planned For Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/update-fortnite-is-back-online-rewards-planned-for-next-week.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Update: 7:40 p.m. Eastern:<\/strong> Fortnite is back online after being taken offline for several hours due to server issues. The official Fortnite Status Twitter account confirmed the fix and also promised a make-good of sorts to compensate players for the time spent offline. More details on what that reward is should arrive next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tw-align-center twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Fortnite game servers are back online and the Winterfest continues! \u2744\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate everyone\u2019s understanding as we worked to resolve these issues and we\u2019ll have more details next week on what we\u2019re doing to help you make up for lost time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ruLmG4xHgk\">pic.twitter.com\/ruLmG4xHgk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortniteStatus\/status\/1476339842028036099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Original Story:<\/strong> If you\u2019ve been having trouble logging into Fortnite today, you\u2019re not alone. Epic Games has confirmed that the battle royale is currently suffering from login and matchmaking problems.<\/p>\n<p>As of right now (2:07 p.m. Eastern), attempting to launch a Fortnite match slaps you with the following message:<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/update-fortnite-is-back-online-rewards-planned-for-next-week.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p>Epic doesn\u2019t share an explanation for the outage but promises to provide info when a solution becomes available. In the meantime, if you were hoping to rack up Victory Royale\u2019s in the game\u2019s ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/12\/16\/fortnite-2021-winterfest-now-live-spider-man-and-mj-from-no-way-home-set-to-hit-item\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winterfest<\/a> event, you\u2019re out of luck for the time being. The same is true if you\u2019re looking to blast foes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/12\/24\/boba-fett-is-now-in-fortnite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boba Fett<\/a> to celebrate today\u2019s premiere of the character\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/gamer-culture\/2021\/11\/01\/the-book-of-boba-fett-trailer-gives-first-look-at-the-bounty-hunters-new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Disney+ series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tw-align-center twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Fortnite is currently unavailable and players are unable to log-in while we investigate an issue.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll provide more info when we have a solution to bring services back online. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B3wXvu5SL6\">pic.twitter.com\/B3wXvu5SL6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortniteStatus\/status\/1476254959054245898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>We\u2019ll keep an eye on the situation and provide an update when the problems are resolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/12\/29\/update-fortnite-is-back-online-rewards-planned-for-next-week\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: 7:40 p.m. Eastern: Fortnite is back online after being taken offline for several hours due to server issues. The official Fortnite Status Twitter account confirmed the fix and also promised a make-good of sorts to compensate players for the time spent offline. More details on what that reward is should arrive next week.\u00a0 Fortnite game servers are back online and the Winterfest continues! \u2744\ufe0f We appreciate everyone\u2019s understanding as we worked to resolve these issues and we\u2019ll have more details next week on what we\u2019re doing to help you make up for lost time. pic.twitter.com\/ruLmG4xHgk \u2014 Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) December 29, 2021 Original Story: If you\u2019ve been having trouble logging into Fortnite today, you\u2019re not alone. 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