Fortnite login is mostly back after an outage

Fortnite players on most platforms are able to hop into matches following a login issue that Epic Games described as preventing users from “getting in reliably.”

“We’re seeing players able to log back in now for most platforms, with the exception of PlayStation, and are working restore server health to normal for everyone to log in and matchmake as normal again,” Epic said at 8:02PM ET. “We’ll continue updating you as we bring everything back online.” Epic posted its initial status message about the issue at 6:39PM ET.

While the login issue was happening, I wasn’t able to get into the game on my Nintendo Switch 2. When I tried, the game showed a message that says “unable to sign in to your account for online services” and to “please try again later.” I also watched frustrated Twitch streamers who are trying to compete in a scheduled tournament that weren’t able to log in or play games.

In other updates, Epic said that the login issue also affected two of its other games, Rocket League and Fall Guys” and that it was investigating login errors for titles using Epic Online Services.

Fortnite dealt with an extended downtime last year during the launch of its Greek mythology-themed season. In 2021, the game’s servers went down for a few hours near the end of the year.

Update, August 14th: Epic says players on most platforms can log in.