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Update: Fortnite servers are back up as of just before 6 AM ET, and the new season is now live. You can see everything new in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4, the new weapons, map changes, and the new battle pass. The original story follows.
Fortnite servers are down for routine maintenance, but soon, they’ll be back up and ready for players to invade the game by the millions in Chapter 5 Season 4.
After a polarizing season of vehicular combat and those awesome Nitro Fists, Fortnite’s Wrecked season has come to a close, and the new season, Absolute Doom, is imminent. But, for the moment, we’re stuck in limbo with Fortnite offline while Epic Games deploys the season update. This is standard procedure–we get at least a few hours of downtime before each new season. It’s just a …