FORTNITE'S Playground Mode is finally online, almost a week after the brand new game mode made its attempted launch. Epic Games introduced Playground Mode on Wednesday morning last week – after two hours of downtime for the update – but quickly took it offline due to unknown issues. Why was Fortnite not working? Fortnite is a battle royale game where up to 100 players are dropped on to an island to fight in a last-person-standing death match. Last Wednesday morning, the hugely popular game went down for players around the world. In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Epic Games confirmed the outage. It wrote: "Play in the v4.5 update tomorrow, June 27. Be the first to get your boots on the ground! "Downtime begins at 4am Eastern Time (0800 GMT)." Then at 9.06am UK time, Epic Games confirmed the game was officially offline: At 11.07am, the game came back online, as confirmed in a tweet: Shortly after, Epic Games revealed that there were ongoing issues with the new Playground mode, … [Read more...] about Fortnite not working – Playground LTM Mode FINALLY online a week after 4.5 update
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Fortnite not working – Playground LTM Mode STILL offline five days after 4.5 update
FORTNITE'S Playground Mode is still offline, five days after the brand new game mode made its attempted launch. Epic Games introduced Playground Mode on Wednesday morning last week – after two hours of downtime for the update – but quickly took it offline due to unknown issues. Why was Fortnite not working? Fortnite is a battle royale game where up to 100 players are dropped on to an island to fight in a last-person-standing death match. Last Wednesday morning, the hugely popular game went down for players around the world. In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Epic Games confirmed the outage. It wrote: "Play in the v4.5 update tomorrow, June 27. Be the first to get your boots on the ground! "Downtime begins at 4am Eastern Time (0800 GMT)." Then at 9.06am UK time, Epic Games confirmed the game was officially offline: At 11.07am, the game came back online, as confirmed in a tweet: Shortly after, Epic Games revealed that there were ongoing issues with the new Playground mode, which … [Read more...] about Fortnite not working – Playground LTM Mode STILL offline five days after 4.5 update
Fortnite DOWN – game online after 4.5 update but Playground Mode and matchmaking STILL not working
FORTNITE is back online after a period of downtime that let Epic Games roll out the new v4.5 update patch, affecting players in the UK and all around the world. But the game is still having issues, specifically with the new Playground LTM – a Minecraft-style safe-building mode. The hit game stopped working at 9.06am UK time on Wednesday, June 27 and stayed down for two hours – but after it came back the new Playground mode was rapidly taken offline, followed by the entire matchmaking system. Why was Fortnite not working? Fortnite is a battle royale game where up to 100 players are dropped on to an island to fight in a last-person-standing death match. On Wednesday morning, the hugely popular game went down for players around the world. In a tweet last night, Epic Games confirmed the outage. It wrote: "Play in the v4.5 update tomorrow, June 27. Be the first to get your boots on the ground! "Downtime begins at 4am Eastern Time (0800 GMT)." Then at 9.06am UK time, Epic Games … [Read more...] about Fortnite DOWN – game online after 4.5 update but Playground Mode and matchmaking STILL not working
Is Fortnite down? Server status update for PC, PS4 and Xbox One and why the servers go offline for maintenance
FORTNITE is the most popular video game on the planet right now, with more than 10million players. So when the servers go down – like they did on Thursday morning – it's a massive deal. Here's the latest... What is Fortnite and does the video game have an age rating certificate? Fortnite is an online video game set in a dystopian world where 98 per cent of Earth's population suddenly disappears. Living conditions have become unbearable and zombie-like creatures roam the Earth in this sandbox game where players are among the remaining two per cent fighting for survival. After the apocalypse, "survivor bases" were set-up and each player is in charge of looking after these bases before trying to find a way to return Earth to normal. Fortnite, certified for those aged 12 and over, also includes a mode called Battle Royale in which 100 online players are put in a battlefield to fight until death until one player remains. Why was Fortnite down and is it back? Gamers were … [Read more...] about Is Fortnite down? Server status update for PC, PS4 and Xbox One and why the servers go offline for maintenance
Xbox Boss Wants Fortnite PS4 And Xbox One Cross-Play, Developer Agrees
In the past few days, we've learned a lot about Fortnite: Battle Royale's upcoming cross-play support. The PS4 edition will support cross-play with PC and the newly announced mobile edition, while the Xbox One version will also let you play with people on PC and mobile. However, there is no cross-play support between PS4 and Xbox One. There never has been for any game, but all the same, people really want to see it happen. In a somewhat encouraging development, Xbox boss Phil Spencer and developer Epic Games have said they would like to see cross-play added between the two competing home consoles.This played out over Twitter this weekend. Someone asked Spencer if there would be cross-play, saying they would really like to see the feature added. "Me 2," Spencer said. Later in the thread, Epic jumped in to voice its own support, exclaiming "We 3!"From a technical standpoint, the ability for PS4 and Xbox One owners to play online together in games like Rocket League is more than possible, … [Read more...] about Xbox Boss Wants Fortnite PS4 And Xbox One Cross-Play, Developer Agrees