Fortnite DOWN – how long are Fortnite’s servers down for and what are the 6.01 patch notes: Chiller Trap, Playground changes
Epic once again takes the servers offline for new 6.1 Update Release
FORTNITE is the planet's most popular video game right now, with more than 10 million players logging on around the world.
So when the servers go down it's a big deal. This time it went down for patch 6.01. Here's the latest and when you can get back online.
Are Fortnite servers down?
Fortnite went down on the morning of October 3.
This was due to the release of Patch v6.01, the first after the launch of Season 6.
Users logging on to play today were met with a very disappointing message saying "servers are currently undergoing maintenance... Please try again later."
Servers are now back up, with Epic announcing the end of the downtime after a little over two hours.
The Soaring 50s mode, however, isn't available yet; they need to squish a bug or two before that's ready for prime time.
LIMITED TIME MODE: PLAYGROUND
• Playground Custom Options
• Added more options to Playground. Allowing you to change settings such as starting health, time of day, gravity, and more!
WEAPONS + ITEMS
• Chiller added.
• Common Trap.
• Can be placed on floors, walls, or ceilings.
• Drops in stacks of 3 in Treasure Chests, Supply Drops, Vending Machines, Supply Llamas, and floor loot.
• Applies icy feet to friends or foes, causing them to slide around with low friction.
Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue that could cause vehicles to become uncontrollable.
GAMEPLAY
• Made improvements to the motion controls for the Switch to make it feel more accurate and responsive.
Bug Fixes
• Pets are now hidden along with your character when the camera is too close to you.
• Toys now respect the streamer mode setting for player names in minigame messages.
• Slightly increased the hitbox size on the Fancy Tomato to match its visual size.
AUDIO
• The following adjustments have been made to Glider audio tells:
• Muffled the audio if there isn’t a clear line of sight between you other gliding players.
Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue where incorrect audio would play when a teammate was eliminated.
UI
Bug Fixes
• Added star ratings to the UI elements of all trap items.
MOBILE
Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue where players occasionally couldn’t interact with items.
What is Fortnite and does the video game have an age rating certificate?
Fortnite is an online video game set in a dystopian world where 98 per cent of Earth's population suddenly disappears.
Living conditions have become unbearable and zombie-like creatures roam the Earth in this sandbox game where players are among the remaining two per cent fighting for survival.
After the apocalypse, "survivor bases" were set-up and each player is in charge of looking after these bases before trying to find a way to return Earth to normal.
Fortnite, certified for those aged 12 and over, also includes a mode called Battle Royale in which 100 online players are put in a battlefield to fight until death - when just one player remains.
How many children play Fortnite and why are their parents worried?
While there is no exact figure on how many children play the game, data collected up to late January showed 45million people playing Fortnite across PC, Xbox One and PS4.
Many parents are concerned about the harmful effects that the long playing duration and violent content is having on their children.
A thread on forum site summed up concerns with one parent saying the game "promotes strategic thinking" but their child has started to "slam doors when he used to be pretty laid back".
In a This Morning asking if parents were worried about the effect the game had on their children, 59 per cent voted no as opposed to 41 per cent who said yes.
What is Fortnite?
- Fortnite: Battle Royale is a version of Fortnite, a video game released by Epic Games in July 2017
- The online game is set in a post-apocalyptic world, based around a battle for survival
- Fortnite offers two distinct modes: player versus environment 'Save the World' and the more recent player versus player game Battle Royale
- The game starts with 100 players leaping out of a plane on to a small island, fighting each other until no one is left
- Fortnite has proved a massive hit with more than 3million kids
- The game is free and kids can team up with a friend, a group of friends or compete as a duo or squad
- Matches can last up to 20 minutes
- Though it's a multiplayer shooter, no graphic violence is depicted
What's the latest in the world of Fortnite?
How has Fortnite turned some players into celebrities?
Fortnite is one of, if not the most popular game streamed live on social media platform Twitch, according to stats from .
Tens of thousands of viewers log on to watch superstar players like Tyler "Ninja" Blevins play, .
Tyler is reported to make hundreds of thousands of dollars a month from his 100,000 Twitch subscribers.
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