The new Fortnite season has just arrived with the Fortnite Chapter 4: Season OG dropping this morning.
Many Irish fans and worldwide users of the game were expecting to wake up to 2018 Fortnite nostalgia, however instead of playing the new version, fans were greeted with queues and screens informing them the game was offline so it's downtime could be completed.
Fortnite - New All-Time Player Peak
Over 3 million Fortnite fans are currently logged onto the server and are playing the hotly anticipated Fortnite Chapter 4: Season OG.
The launch of Fortnite chapter 4: OG season has seen Fortnite reach a new all-time player peak. For the first time since epic games has published player stats.
Currently, there are over 3,500,000 people playing the game right now, with more people waiting in queues to join the game.
Over 3.5M players currently playing OG Fortnite! WE ARE SO BACK #FortniteOG #FortniteChapter1 pic.twitter.com/GNfit2NoEd
— 3nzo News (@FncSponsor36626) November 3, 2023
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Fortnite queue times
Due to the incredible player demand, the game has been forced to place some of the game users in queue's to try and manage user demand whilst making sure the game doesn't crash.
How long is the wait time for the Fortnite queue?
While the majority of people are gaining access to the game right away when they log in others are reporting they have been placed in a waiting room queue. The majority of users are reporting the queue wait time is 20 minutes.
this fortnite queue is driving me crazy
— nini (@HERCUOBS) November 3, 2023
Bro there is a queue to log into Fortnite..... I waited 20 min all to be told that I had been logged out and needed to relaunch... #FortniteOG pic.twitter.com/V786JyC87s
— 👽˗ˏˋ GK ˎˊ˗ 🛰 (@gravitykingtv) November 3, 2023
When will Fortnite servers be back up?
Fortnite servers are now back up and running after nearly seven hours of being offline.
Many fans of the game woke up disappointed as they couldn't access the game due to game downtime. Fans became more annoyed over the situation as no official wait time was given to users, as to how long they should be expected to wait.
Downtime for v27.00 Fortnite Chapter 4: Season OG began this morning, Friday, November 3rd at 7 am, with matchmaking immediately disabled.
The game is now back online, going live around 1:50pm (Irish time)
You can access the game here.
Downtime for v27.00 #FortniteOG has begun. Matchmaking is now disabled. pic.twitter.com/iuXavss1fJ
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) November 3, 2023
Fortnite Chapter 4: Season OG
What to expect
Many fans of the original game are eagerly expecting the arrival of Fornite's latest version as the game is set to bring player's back in time to it's 2018 Chapter 1 map and gameplay features.
The latest version is set to include throwback weapons, loot, vehicles and more.
Twitter Reacts to Fortnite servers being down
On social media, Fortnite fans were freaking out as they had to wait for the servers to return.
The unknown of when servers will be back up and running is killing Fortnite users. There is still no word on when Fortnite servers will be back up and running, so users are passing their time by voicing their upset over the game not being playable on the social media platform X.
OG Fortnite download complete…
“Servers not responding” 💀 #FortniteChapter1 #FortniteOG pic.twitter.com/3q3ddCOx6i— Reasons (@LFCReasons) November 3, 2023
Me checking twitter to see when the Fortnite servers are up 😭😭😭 #FortniteChapter1 #FortniteOG pic.twitter.com/5erbH0ANcR
— MorrisMuse (@MorrisSrMuse) November 3, 2023
Mfs waiting for the Fortnite servers to come back up
(I'm mfs)#FortniteChapter1 #FORTNITEOG pic.twitter.com/PbfT0856JF— 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼 (@apollovwrld) November 3, 2023
How Everyone gonna be when the server start working #FortniteOG pic.twitter.com/ooZS2om6JB
— Perc30 (@offdapercc) November 3, 2023
Original Fortnite Map Locations
Here are the confirmed areas from the original map which will feature in Fortnite Chapter 4: Season OG
- Pleasant Park
- Haunted Hills
- Junk Junction
- Lazy Links
- Risky Reels
- Loot Lake
- Tomato Temple
- Wailing Woods
- Dusty Divot
- Lonely Lodge
- Snobby Shores
- Greasy Grove
- Retail Row
- Tilted Towers
- Salty Springs
- Shifty Shafts
- Frosty Flights
- Flush Factory
- Lucky Landing
- Fatal Fields
- Paradise Palms
Full list of all the confirmed Original Loot returning to the game
- Scar
- Assault Rifle
- Tactical Shotgun
- Pump Shotgun
- Light Machine Gun
- Quad Launcher
- Hand Cannon
- Hunting Rifle
- Heavy Assault Rifle
- Rocket LauncherJetpack
- Chug Splash
- Mounted Turret
- Spike Trap
- Driftboard
- Shopping Cart
- X-4 Stormwing
- Baller ATK
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