Epic Games Outage History

Epic Games Store experienced a Facebook login outage that prevented users from accessing their accounts through Facebook credentials for 3.8 hours. The incident also caused broader performance issues including extremely slow game loading times, infinite loading screens, and missing interface elements like the ready-up button. The service was restored after Epic Games investigated and resolved the login authentication problem.

Epic Games experienced a major outage affecting the Sketchfab website, which appeared offline to users. The incident lasted 4 hours while the team worked to resolve the website accessibility issues. The outage prevented users from accessing the Sketchfab platform during this period.

Epic Games experienced a major matchmaking issue affecting Fortnite players initially in the ME server region, then expanding to other regions, preventing players from queuing into games or requiring multiple queue attempts to find matches. Users reported complete matchmaking failures across all game modes and inability to team up with other players. The incident lasted 1.4 hours and was resolved after Epic Games investigated and addressed the underlying matchmaking errors.

Epic Games experienced a major service incident affecting Fortnite players' ability to log in, join matches, and access the Locker feature. The outage impacted core game services including matchmaking, login systems, and in-game functionality. The incident was resolved after 35 minutes of active investigation by the Epic Games team.

Epic Games experienced delays in stats queries and reporting surfaces within Epic Online Services for 40 minutes. Stats ingestion and processing continued normally, but results appeared delayed while the system caught up with processing. The issue was identified and resolved without affecting core stats functionality.

Epic Games experienced a 2.1-hour incident where purchased V-Bucks were delayed in being delivered to some Fortnite players, affecting the Item Shop functionality. Users also reported login issues with Fortnite during this time. Epic resolved the delivery delays while ensuring all purchases were preserved and would be credited once the fix was implemented.

Epic Games experienced a major service incident affecting Fortnite's login and matchmaking systems for 52 minutes. Players encountered errors when launching the game and while in the lobby, preventing them from accessing matchmaking services. The issue was actively investigated and resolved by Epic Games' technical team.

Epic Games experienced a major Rocket League matchmaking outage that prevented players from accessing any online gameplay features for 58 minutes. The incident affected all matchmaking services, with users unable to join casual matches, competitive games, tournaments, or even create private matches, receiving "feature temporarily disabled" messages. Epic Games identified and resolved the issue, restoring full matchmaking functionality.

Epic Games experienced a major service incident affecting login and matchmaking functionality across Fortnite and Fall Guys, with additional impacts to the Epic Games Store and purchasing systems. Players were unable to log into these games or find matches during the outage. The incident was resolved after 6 minutes of downtime.

Epic Games experienced a major service incident affecting their Publishing Tools and Developer Portal for 19 minutes. The outage impacted the Epic Games Store Publishing Tools and Epic Online Services Developer Portal, preventing developers from accessing these critical development resources. The issues were resolved after investigation and restoration efforts.