Absolute Doom Crashing Fortnite Servers
A flood of new and returning players are battling it out as Marvel superheroes in Fortnite’s new season. Unfortunately, the new season has caused the game’s servers to crash.
Developer Epic Games revealed on Saturday evening (August 17) at around 9 pm that players were no longer able to load into matches on Fortnite a day after the release of Absolute Doom (the official title for Chapter 5, Season 4).
The game was experiencing several hiccups, including errors with the main menu, matchmaking, parties, and user-generated games. The queue length for new sessions grew as time went on, with the timer showing extended queue lengths.
Absolute Doom Is So Popular it Crashed Fortnite
According to third-party data, Fortnite was seeing a surge in activity, with more than 3.1 million players competing at the same time. Prior to the uptick on August 10, similar activity had been seen in March following the release of Chapter 5, Season 2.
The game’s fierce competition, which involves 100 players battling for supremacy on a massive map, can make it a compulsion. Fight or flight, you’ll likely keep coming back.
As such, waiting more than a few seconds for another round can become a deal-breaker. While there are other modes that allow you to race cars or build Lego worlds, last-person-standing Battle Royale (and other variants) remain at the top of the heap. The genre has captivated the world and gaming fans have no plans to let it go.
As a matter of fact, Epic Games managed to patch the glitches at 11.15 pm – a time in video game hours that’s an eternity. Not that players lack patience more than any other world but Battle Royale is a fast-paced game that revolves around seconds.
As Absolute Doom continues to impact old and new Fortnite players, Epic Games should gear up for more downtime. Or, standby to avoid them.
