Fortnite DOWN – How lengthy are servers offline for replace 29.30 upkeep | Gaming | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Fortnite developer Epic Games is as soon as once more taking all issues Fortnite offline for server upkeep as a part of the launch of replace 29.30. Coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox consoles, Nintendo Switch, Android and PC, replace 29.30 can be out there to obtain on the morning of April 23. As a numbered replace, the obtain can be accompanied by an prolonged interval of server downtime, which suggests you will not be capable of play Fortnite, LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival for a number of hours. If you wish to know when you’ll be able to log again into Fortnite, take a look at the 29.30 server downtime schedule under.

The information was introduced by Epic Games on X, alongside a preview of what followers can count on from the replace.

“Downtime for v29.30 begins at 4 AM ET with matchmaking ending shortly beforehand,” reads an Epic tweet.

For UK followers, which means that Fortnite can be taken offline in full at 9am BST, whereas matchmaking can be disabled at 8.30am UK time.

Epic hasn’t revealed precisely when downtime will come to an finish, however upkeep sometimes lasts for round a few hours.

This means Fortnite must be again on-line by 11am BST UK time on the newest.

As a part of the Epic Games social media put up, Epic teased the looks of a brand new NIKE crossover and Billie Eilish look in Fortnite Festival.

The replace might additionally function a brand new Star Wars crossover, a possible X-Men ’97 collaboration, and the return of the Tactical AR.

There’s additionally a brand new setting that permits gamers to not see sure emotes which are typically utilized in a confrontational means.

Found within the Social Privacy menu, the ‘See Confrontational Emotes’ setting applies to the ‘Laugh It Up’ emote, in addition to ‘Take the L’, ‘Whipcrack’ and ‘Make It Plantain’.

With the setting enabled customers will see a participant utilizing the Emote standing nonetheless, with no Emote sound.