Fortnite Servers Crashed for 30 Minutes During Star Wars Collaboration
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- Fortnite’s servers crashed during the Fortnite x Star Wars collaboration.
- Players could not log in to the game; matchmaking was also not functional.
- Epic Games announced the crash, quickly tending to the servers, which took around 30 minutes.
Fortnite servers crashed on May 12 at 3:59 pm PST — during the Star Wars collaboration, which brought an influx of new and returning players. According to the official social media page, players were experiencing matchmaking and login errors, locking them out of playing the game.
Epic Games managed to get the servers up and running again 30 minutes after the announcement. Though it isn’t uncommon for Fortnite to experience minor bugs and glitches, a crash to this scale occurs every couple of months; the usual errors come from specific device and platform optimizations.
“We’ll continue to monitor this to ensure no other issues occur,” Epic Games shared. They have not revealed the exact cause for the widespread crash. No rewards were handed out as compensation for the crash.
Fortnite indicates its server communications with color-coded social media posts; red indicates a big issue, while yellow is used for less severe bugs. Green means the problem has been solved.
The crash occurred on May 12, during Fortnite’s Star Wars collaboration. There are two more updates coming, with the next being “Mandalorian Rising.” The update arrives on May 22, and “Star Destroyer Bombardment” arrives on May 29. This all leads up to the ultimate “Death Star Sabotage” on June 7.
