Fortnite down – when did Fortnite servers go down and what time did the v5.41 patch go live?
Server maintenance has been a more or less weekly occurrence for a little while now
FORTNITE is the planet's most popular video game right now, with more than 10 million players logging on around the world.
So when the servers go down it's a big deal. Here's the latest and when you can get back online.
Are Fortnite servers down?
Fortnite went down on the morning of September 18.
This was due to the release of Patch v5.41 and it saw downtime of a couple of hours.
Fortnite servers went down completely while the patch was updated, with gamers known to have been kicked offline 20 minutes beforehand.
Epic Games announced that the servers were back online a few hours later.
What is Fortnite and does the video game have an age rating certificate?
Fortnite is an online video game set in a dystopian world where 98 per cent of Earth's population suddenly disappears.
Living conditions have become unbearable and zombie-like creatures roam the Earth in this sandbox game where players are among the remaining two per cent fighting for survival.
After the apocalypse, "survivor bases" were set-up and each player is in charge of looking after these bases before trying to find a way to return Earth to normal.
Fortnite, certified for those aged 12 and over, also includes a mode called Battle Royale in which 100 online players are put in a battlefield to fight until death - when just one player remains.
In a This Morning asking if parents were worried about the effect the game had on their children, 59 per cent voted no as opposed to 41 per cent who said yes.
What is Fortnite?
- Fortnite: Battle Royale is a version of Fortnite, a video game released by Epic Games in July 2017
- The online game is set in a post-apocalyptic world, based around a battle for survival
- Fortnite offers two distinct modes: player versus environment 'Save the World' and the more recent player versus player game Battle Royale
- The game starts with 100 players leaping out of a plane on to a small island, fighting each other until no one is left
- Fortnite has proved a massive hit with more than 3million kids
- The game is free and kids can team up with a friend, a group of friends or compete as a duo or squad
- Matches can last up to 20 minutes
- Though it's a multiplayer shooter, no graphic violence is depicted
How has Fortnite turned some players into celebrities?
Fortnite is one of, if not the most popular game streamed live on social media platform Twitch, according to stats from .
Tens of thousands of viewers log on to watch superstar players like Tyler "Ninja" Blevins play, .
Tyler is reported to make hundreds of thousands of dollars a month from his 100,000 Twitch subscribers.
We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours.