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Fortnite players are experiencing matchmaking issues in Europe

Epic will hopefully resolve the issue soon.

Justin Binkowski

Published: Oct 1, 2018 12:53 pm

Some European Fortnite players are having trouble playing the popular battle royale game today.

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Epic Games is “investigating issues with matchmaking in the EU region,” the developer revealed on Twitter earlier today.

We are currently investigating issues with matchmaking in the EU region. We will keep you updated as soon as we have additional information.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 1, 2018

Luckily, this issue doesn’t seem to be affecting players in North America or any region other than Europe.

In the past, Epic has worked quickly to resolve any issues with game services, such as matchmaking. European Fortnite fans are hopeful that this unknown issue will be resolved soon.

You can check out Epic Games’ status page to stay up to date on the latest news involving Fortnite’s servers.

This article will be updated when more information becomes available.

Update Oct. 1 3:50pm CT: Epic announced that “issues impacting matchmaking in our EU regions have been resolved.”

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Justin Binkowski

Dot Esports Editor. I primarily play, watch, and write about Call of Duty but can also occasionally be found feeding the enemy ADC in League of Legends. I have been following competitive Call of Duty since 2011 and writing about it since 2015.