Epic Games has confirmed that Fortnite is down for some players.
The Fortnite servers are currently down for many players, with Epic Games confirming the outage on Twitter. The official Fortnite Twitter account has posted a message to confirm that the game is offline, along with a few details about what is causing the outage.
We’re aware of an issue affecting some @FortniteGame players today. We’ll provide updates as they become available.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 26, 2018