The downtime for the new season began at around 2:20 PM Eastern Time, right after the conclusion of the live event.

However, before players can play the new Fortnite season, they will have to wait for downtime to end. According to the game developer, this process won’t be short, as we will have an extended ...

While Fortnite server downtime between patches and season changes ... start of Chapter 5 Season 2 where the maintenance period was extended by eight hours. If and when this happens, we'll let ...

As Fortnite players eagerly anticipate the ... server overloads or last-minute bugs have extended downtime. Players are ...

2024 As announced by the official Fortnite Status Twitter account at 9am ET, the downtime has to be extended by a whopping eight hours, meaning that we won’t be able to start playing until at ...

Fortnite players have been eagerly awaiting the drop of the new season, but unfortunately this wait has been extended. The elongated downtime period has left players wondering when Fortnite ...

Epic Games has confirmed that the Fortnite downtime ahead of update 29.40's launch has been extended from its scheduled end time. Here's when we're expecting it to be back. Update: It looks like ...

Keep in mind, based on past timelines, the downtime could be extended by a few hours as well. As seen at the start of Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2, Epic Games had to extend things due to technical ...

This is certainly not the first time we have experienced extended downtime for the launch of a new Fortnite season, and it may not even be that long of an ordeal. It is a little weird to not have ...

As such, Fortnite downtime today (March 19, 2024) could last about two hours at the minimum. It could be extended depending on the circumstances, though. Epic Games will provide an official update ...