Fortnite developer Epic Games is taking the sport offline for prolonged upkeep as a part of the launch of replace 26.20. Coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox consoles, Nintendo Switch, Android and PC, replace 26.20 might be obtainable to obtain on the morning of September 26. It might be accompanied by a interval of server downtime, which suggests you will not be capable to play Fortnite for no less than a few hours. If you wish to know when you possibly can log again into Fortnite, try the 26.20 server downtime schedule under.

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The news was introduced by Epic Games on Twitter, alongside particulars on when servers might be taken offline for upkeep.

“A new day, a new beginning…” reads an Epic tweet. “v26.20 downtime begins at 3 AM ET, and matchmaking will be disabled shortly beforehand.”

For UK followers, which means that Fortnite might be taken offline in full at 8am BST, whereas matchmaking might be disabled at 7.30am.

Epic hasn’t revealed precisely when downtime will come to an finish, however upkeep sometimes lasts for round a few hours.

This means Fortnite ought to be again on-line by 10am BST UK time on the newest.

Judging by the Epic Games tweet, Star Wars character and secret pores and skin Ahsoka might be obtainable after the replace.

According to Fortnite insider Shiina, Epic will even add new Shop Tabs, all of the whereas releasing new skins.

That’s on high of the October Crew Pack, the Level-Up Quest Pack, new Augments and doubtlessly the return of some traditional Star Wars objects.

Needless to say, the Birthday bonus objects and decorations will even be vaulted following final week’s anniversary occasion.

Epic Games will even make numerous bug fixes and gameplay enhancements.