The launch of fortniteThe Greek mythology-themed Chapter 5: Season 2 had been on hold since early Friday morning after the usual maintenance downtime didn't end as planned. Epic usually takes the servers down at 3 a.m. ET to prepare for a big update, but only for a few hours. This time, the Battle Royale game remained offline well into the night on Friday.
After 9 pm ET, players began reporting that they could download updates and enter the game. However, many people said they were still waiting in queues to log in or receiving error messages when trying to play. Eventually, the Epic Games status page Downtime tracking related to the v29.00 update indicated that everything is operational now that the maintenance window has ended.
Update March 8 at 11:03 pm ET: Updated to take into account that the game will be back online and the latest information on current issues.
Update March 9 at 11:35 a.m. ET: Added tweet about v29.00 release and details of “stability issues” on Xbox Series X/PS5.
