Players are having to wait in a queue today (2nd December 2023) when trying to log in to Fortnite along with party chat not working properly.

After hitting new records with the launch of Fortnite Season OG, it’s finally coming to an end. Chapter 4 will conclude with the OG map being removed from the game with the conclusion of the live event.

This week, Fortnite fans broke another record with 100 million players logging in to play the OG season in November.

The return of the OG map has done so well that Epic Games has decided to bring back the OG map in 2024.

There’s no confirmed date it’ll return, but it’s unlikely to return in the first season of Chapter 5 with Epic likely wanting players to experience everything the new map has to offer.

We’ve already seen what Chapter 5 has to offer with the trailer already released on Fortnite’s YouTube channel.

Players can expect Lamborghini cars, modifications to items, a train traveling around the map, a new grappler, a shield you can use as cover, wall clambering, and more.

Here’s the full trailer if you haven’t seen it already.

Although there’s much to look forward to, players are having issues with the game.

Players are reporting waiting in a queue to log in to Fortnite today along with party chat not working. Here’s what we know.

Waiting in Fortnite Queue Today – December 2, 2023

Why does Fortnite say waiting in a queue?

When Epic is experiencing a high volume of players trying to log in to Fortnite at the same time, they usually deploy a queue that players will need to wait in.

We’ve seen Epic Games deploy a queue to fix any server stability issue for players who are lucky enough to log in and play the game.

Today, the Fortnite waiting-in queue issue is caused by the number of players trying to log in to experience the Big Bang live event that’ll feature Eminem.

Unfortunately, there’s nothing you can do to jump the waiting in queue sign. Some players are reporting a queue time of more than 30 minutes, whilst others are reporting 20 or less.

We wouldn’t advise restarting your game as you’ll need to rejoin the queue and will likely have to wait even longer and likely miss the live event.

Fortnite Party Voice Chat Not Working

There have been numerous issues with Fortnite’s party voice chat feature not working for the past week.

Like the queue issue above, there’s nothing players can do to resolve the party chat not working. However, with chapter 5 launching tomorrow, there should be a fix deployed my Epic to address the issue.

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Here’s everything you need to know about today’s Fortnite “The Bing Bang” live event featuring the Eminem concert and more.

Before Fortnite OG launched, insider information confirmed that a Fortnite live event would be concluding the final season of Chapter 4.

When the final update for the OG season was released, data miners leaked information about the live event including what players can expect to happen.

The biggest leak was the Eminem concert, and later, Eminem himself and Epic teased the concert would be part of the live event.

On November 21st, Epic Games confirmed the name of the live event; The Big Bang.

With the Fortnite Eminem Live Concert event taking place today (2 December 2023) here’s everything players need to know including the time of the event in different time zones, how to join and participate in the live event, and more.

What to Expect

Although we don’t know much about the Big Bang live event, do know part of will be an Eminem concert. However, if you want to see some leaks from the live event, they’ve been floating around Twitter over the past few minutes.

What Time is the Fortnite Eminem Live Concert Event? 2 December 2023

The Fortnite Live event takes place today, 2nd December 2023.

The Eminem “The Big Bang” live event will start at 2 PM ET / 7 PM GMT / 8 PM CST.

Here’s a countdown timer in case you’re still not sure what time the event will take place in your time zone.

How to Join the Fortnite The Big Bang Live Event

• The Big Bang is a Fortnite event starting Saturday, December 2, 2023, at 2 PM ET. The experience will be available in the Battle Royale tile in Discover 30 minutes prior, so you can jump in before the event starts to gear up with any of your cosmetics.
• Invite your friends: the event supports parties of up to four players!
• Won’t be near a dedicated gaming device during the event? The Xbox Cloud Gaming, NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and Amazon Luna services let you play Fortnite via cloud streaming on your computer or mobile device!

Keep the event center stage in your memory — all players who attend the event will receive the The Big Bang Loading Screen:

It’s a whole new world out there.

With downtime for v28.00 starting at 11:30 PM ET on December 2, content creators and players looking to relive the event should take steps to record and archive their experience.

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The Fortnite Chapter 5: Season 1 Underground Battle Pass skins have been leaked early with both Peter Griffin and Solid Snake entering the world of Fortnite.

We’re just a day away from the first Fortnite live event in some time. Epic mentioned that costs are one of the reasons why they’ve scaled back on live events over the last couple of years.

There were leaks that we’d be getting an event similar to the Chapter 1 Big Bang event. When the last major patch update was released, data miners confirmed event files had been added to the game.

Epic then confirmed the OG season of Fortnite would end with a live event, and later released a blog post for the Bing Bang event.

We thought we wouldn’t know anything about Chapter 5 Season 1 until the event concluded. However, leaks have provided us with our first look at the Battle Pass for the new season.

In the past, we’ve had PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox leak the upcoming Battle Pass a couple of days before the new season goes live. This time, it was Xbox once again leaking new content early.

We now know the new season of Fortnite is called “Underground” and we know Peter Griffin and Snake will be in the Battle Pass. Here’s a look at all of the Battle Pass skins.

Fortnite Peter Griffin Chapter 5 Battle Pass Skin

There have been hints of a Peter Griffin Fortnite skin for at least a year. Data miners found files that suggested Epic were working on a Peter Griffin Fortnite skin but they assumed it had been scrapped.

However, with the new leak, we know Peter Griffin will be entering the world of Fortnite as a Chapter 5 Season 1 Underground Battle Pass skin.

Here’s a look a the skin.

We don’t know any further details of the Peter Griffing Fortnite skin such as the level it’ll be unlockable or whether there are any other styles. We’ll likely know more during downtime for the new chapter.

Solid Snake FortniteSkin

One of the leaks many didn’t see coming was the addition of Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid making his way into the Fortnite metaverse.

Although the quality of the leaked Battle Pass isn’t amazing, you can see the skin is Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid game series.

Again, there’s no information as to what level the Solid Snake Fortnite skin will be available to unlock or whether it’ll be the not-so-secret skin for the Battle Pass.

Full Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1: Underground Battle Pass Skins Leak

Here’s a look at all of the skins that’ll be part of the Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1: Underground Battle Pass.

Let us know your thoughts on the new skins in the comments section below.

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Fortnite players are wondering whether there are any Fortnite Black Friday 2023 deals including for V-Bucks.

Black Friday is upon us which means everyone is looking to get their hands on the best deal possible be it the latest tech gadget or in this case, cheaper V Bucks.

Fortnite players haven’t been treated to many Black Friday deals in the past, and they’re usually not the best deals around.

Last year, Epic Games decided it was best not to have any Black Friday discounts in the Fortnite item shop. However, there were a couple of deals available in-game during 2020 and 2021.

In 2021, players could get their hands on the Darkfire bundle for less than half the price. The original price of the bundle was £24.99/$29.99 but was available for £10.99.

Although there were no official deals last year, there were a couple of third-party sellers that sold codes to unlock bundles cheaper than directly purchasing them from the Fortnite item shop.

For example, the Magma Masters set was available for half the price and the Minty Legends pack was available for less than half the price available through the official shop.

Fortnite Black Friday 2023 Sale Deals

Players looking to get their hands on some new cosmetics from the official item shop with some Black Friday deals in 2023 will be disappointed as there are no deals available.

However, players can find discounts on bundles on the likes of CD Keys and Amazon for specific bundles.

The Fortnite Anime Legends Pack is available for 50% on Amazon for the Xbox Series X over here.

The Minty Legends Pack is once again on discount at Walmart with $5 off on the Xbox Series X version and the same for the PS4 version found here.

Are there any Fortnite V Bucks Black Friday 2023 Deals?

Unfortunately, it looks like there aren’t any Black Friday 2023 deals for Fortnite V Bucks anywhere.

In previous years, some packs that included V-Bucks were available for more than 70% of their retail price. However, that isn’t the case this year.

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We have a new Fortnite OG hotfix update released today (23rd November 2023). The Season 9 and Season X update is now available to play.

Last week, we had the very first new major Fortnite update for the OG season. That was followed by this week’s v27.11 patch update.

The update included new cosmetics including the Eminem outfit along with the event files. The event has been confirmed as “The Big Bang” event which will take place on December 2nd.

The v27.11 update also included the changes that have gone into effect with today’s new release including the return of vaulted items and some map changes.

Here’s a look at all of the changes to the Loot Pool and map with the release of the final hotfix update of the season.

Fortnite Season X Blast OffUpdate Patch Notes – 23 November (11/23/23)

As expected, with the release of the Fortnite OG season 9 and season X update, we have some changes to both the loot pool and the map.

Season X Blast Off Loot Pool

Thanks to the patch notes released at the start of the season, we know some of the items that would be returning to the game.

The Heavy Sniper, Proximity Grenade Launcher, Air Strike, and Junk Rift were already confirmed to be returning with the Blast Off hotfix release.

Storm Flip Fortnite Item Returns – What Does it Do?

The Jetpack and the Storm Flip items have also made their way back into the game with today’s new release.

The storm Flip is thrown at a surface and will produce a different effect based on whether it’s thrown in or out of the Fortnite Battle Royale storm.

If it’s thrown when a player is in the storm, it’ll create a large storm that will remove all storm damage to whoever is in the radius of the sphere that’s created. It’ll last for 20 seconds before wearing off.

If a player is within the circle and throws the Storm Flip Fortnite item, it will create a large sphere that’ll deal the same damage as the current phase of the storm to the players within the sphere.

The Baller vehicle has also finally made its way back into Fortnite. Although it was first introduced in season 8, Epic decided it was best to add the vehicle back towards the end of the Fortnite OG season.

Here are all of the vaulted items:

• Planes
• Cannons
• Hunting Rifle
• Drum Gun
• Combat Shotgun
• Quad Launcher
• Quad Crasher
• Trasure Maps
• Balloons
• Stink Grenades
• GLider Redeploy Item
• Sticky Grenades
• TNT
• Poison Traps

Here are the items that have been added:

• Drone POIs
• Chug Splashes
• Infantry Rifle
• Drum Shotgun
• The Baller
• Heavy Sniper Rifle
• Proximity Grenade Launcher
• Air Strikers
• Junk Rift
• Strom Flip
• Jetpacks

Season X OG Fortnite Map Update Changes

Thanks to the popular Twitter account, Guille_Gag, we have some of the changes made to the map for Season 9 and Season X: Blast Off:

Here’s the trailer for the Fortnite Chapter 4: Season OG – Season X Blast Off!

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Epic Games has officially announced the Fortnite Chapter 4 finale live event; The Big Bang. Here’s everything you need to know including the date and time.

It’s been just under three weeks since the launch of Fortnite OG. We’ve progressed through the Chapter 1 seasons with the only two remaining seasons, 9 & X, expected to go live this Thursday.

We’ve known since the season launched that this season would end the chapter with a live event, however, details of the event and when it’ll take place were scarce.

With today’s new update, data miners leaked some information regarding the live event including when it’ll take place and what players can expect.

It’s been confirmed that Eminem will be coming to Fortnite and will play a part in the live event. According to leaks, the event will include a concert, but other parts of the live event are yet to be leaked.

Epic Games have now released a blog post announcing the Fortnite chapter 4 live event including the date and time of the event. Here’s everything you need to know.

The Big Bang Fortnite Live Event

The name of this season’s Fortnite live event is called “The Big Bang”. It’s likely that the Season X live event that included the rocket will play a part in the Big Bang Fortnite live event.

HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT

• The Big Bang is a Fortnite event starting Saturday, December 2, 2023, at 2 PM ET. The experience will be available in the Battle Royale tile in Discover 30 minutes prior, so you can jump in before the event starts to gear up with any of your cosmetics.
• Invite your friends: the event supports parties of up to four players!
• Won’t be near a dedicated gaming device during the event? The Xbox Cloud Gaming, NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and Amazon Luna services let you play Fortnite via cloud streaming on your computer or mobile device!

FORTNITE EXPERIENCES: AVAILABILITY AND DOWNTIME

To prepare for The Big Bang, Fortnite experiences made by Epic will be disabled starting 12 PM ET on December 2. Creator-made experiences will remain enabled until downtime for Fortnite v28.00 starts at 11:30 PM ET.

PHOTOSENSITIVITY/SEIZURES WARNING

This event has flashing lights. If you have a history of photosensitivity, seizure, loss of awareness, or other conditions linked to an epileptic condition, consult a doctor before entering.

Even if you do not have a history, you may still experience severe dizziness, seizures, epileptic seizures, or blackouts triggered by lights, flashes, or patterns while participating in this experience. IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE if you experience any discomfort.

Fortnite The Big Bang Live Event Time & Date

The Fortnite “The Big Bang” Live event will take place on Saturday, December 2, 2023. It will begin at 2 PM E

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Data miners have leaked an upcoming Eminem Fortnite skin, confirming previous rumors of the collaboration.

Epic Games released the v27.11 Fortnite update today, the final patch release of the OG season before the release of Chapter 5 at the start of December.

Although the new update was released today, the final changes of the OG season won’t go live until Thursday at 9 AM ET.

The map will change to the season 9 & season x map along with changes to the loot pool including the return of JetPacks and The Baller vehicle.

As expected, new files were added for upcoming skins along with the rest of the event files for the season-ending event that’ll lead up to the new chapter of Fortnite.

As is the norm for every major Fortnite patch release, data miners have managed to leak some of the upcoming skins and other cosmetics that’ll be released within the next few weeks.

One of the skins that has been leaked is an Eminem skin along with some minor details of his role in the event.

Fortnite Eminem Live Concert Event Chapter 4 Finale Leak

It’s no secret that Fortnite chapter 4 will end with a live event. Epic confirmed this on Twitter when discussing the ratings update for their in-game cosmetics.

With the new update, data miners leaked that the Chapter 4 finale live event will likely include an Eminem concert. However, it won’t just be a concert, it’ll include some of the usual season-ending event sequences too.

Here’s the Eminem leaked Fortnite live concert event loading screen:

Popular Fortnite data miner, ShiinaBR, tweeted that the final event isn’t just a concert.

Fortnite Eminem’s “Marshall Never More” Skin Leaked

Epic wouldn’t have a live concert Fortnite event with an icon as big as Eminem without having a skin.

Hypex leaked the Eminem Fortnite skin which you can check out below:

Marshall Never More Magma Fortnite Skin Style

UPDATE:

There’s also a Marshall Magma Fortnite skin style that will be a limited-time exclusive.

In order to get your hands on the variant, players will need to attend the Big Bang event on December 2nd. Here’s what the skin style looks like:

With the new chapter expected to start on December 3rd, the live Eminem Fortnite concert will likely take place on December 2nd, with the skin and other cosmetics likely to be available to purchase on the item shop on the same day.

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Epic Games has announced the next new Fortnite update for the OG season, v27.11 (4.07).  Here’s everything you need to know including scheduled server downtime, early patch notes, and more.

Last week, Epic Games released the first major Fortnite update for the Chapter 4 OG season, v27.10.

The update included some new cosmetics being added to the files along with map changes to the Chapter 1 Season 7 & 8 map as well as loot pool changes.

We knew before the season started that we would only be getting two new Fortnite updates in the OG season and with one update already released, there’s only one remaining.

The Fortnite OG season is expected to end in just under two weeks, and it looks like the next and final Fortnite OG update is coming sooner than many expected.

Epic Games announced on Twitter through the Fortnite Status account that the v27.11 (4.07) update will be released today, 21 November 2023, just a few days after the last release.

As expected, Epic has provided information regarding the scheduled downtime for the latest release, and we already have the early patch notes from the patch notes when the season launched.

Here’s everything you need to know about the v27.11 (4.07) Fortnite update.

Update File Download Size

Today’s v27.11 release isn’t a hotfix update. That means players will need to download the release in order to play the game.

Once the update is pushed live across all platforms, we’ll update the section below with the downloadable file size for the 4.07 update.

PC:
PS5:
PS4
Xbox Series X|S:
Xbox One:
Nintendo Switch:
Android:

Be sure to check back later if you want to see the download size for the latest update.

Fortnite 27.11 (4.07) OG Update Season 9 & X Patch Notes – November 21 2023 (11/21/23)

When Fortnite OG was released a few weeks ago, Epic Games provided players with an insight into what they could expect to see throughout the month-long season.

The patch notes that were released provided information in regards to the loot pool and map changes Epic will release as well as the dates these updates would be available.

Thanks to that post, we know what we can expect to see with the release of the v27.11 (4.07) patch update today.

Map Changes

It’s important to note that the below changes will not go live in-game until November 23rd.

Today’s release will see the return of the Season 9 and Season X map. However, Epic didn’t confirm or outline any of the changes coming with the return to the season 9 map in the patch notes.

We do know the comment will reappear on the map but apart from that, we’re not sure what other map changes the v27.11 update will bring.

Loot Pool Changes

Similar to the map changes, the loot pool changes for Season 9 & Season X will not go live until Thursday, 23rd November.

One of the best parts of the current season is the weekly changes to the loot pool, keeping things fresh and interesting with the constant cycle of item changes.

Thanks to the patch notes released at the start of the season, we know that the Heavy Sniper Rifle, Proximity Grenade Launcher, Air Strike, and Junk Rift will all be making a return.

The Storm Flip and Jetpack will also be returning.

Although originally introduced in season 8, Epic Games will be adding The Baller to the map on Thursday.

Players have been waiting for the return of The Baller since the new season was released, and they’ll have just over a week to use the popular vehicle.

With this being the final update of the season, we should see the remaining end-of-season event files being added to the game.

It’s likely data miners will leak parts of the event including what’s likely going to happen during the event.

Fortnite Scheduled Server Downtime Right Now and When Will They Be Back Up Today – 21 November 2023

When Epic releases a new major Fortnite update, they need to take the servers offline for scheduled maintenance.

Today’s 4.07 update is not different with Epic confirming the Fortnite servers will be offline today, 21st November 2023.

The Fortnite servers will go down today at 4 AM ET / 9 AM GMT / 10 AM CET on 21 November 2023.

Here’s the official tweet from the Fortnite Status account announcing the scheduled server downtime for 11/21/23:

Epic has stated how long the Fortnite servers will be down for and when they’ll be back up, but based on previous patch releases, we’d expect them to be down for roughly two hours.

That means the servers should be back online at roughly 6 AM ET / 11 AM GMT / 12 PM CET.

We’ll update this section of the article when the servers are officially back online.

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Epic Games is providing players with the chance to get their hands on the Runway Racer Fortnite skin, and here’s how.

Over the years, Epic Games has provided the Fortnite player base with plenty of free in-game cosmetics including skins, wraps, pickaxes, gliders, emotes, and more.

Every year, the Fortnite Winterfest Christmas event provides players with the chance to earn two free skins along with a whole host of other cosmetics.

Last year, Epic provided players with two free skins, two gliders, two wraps, three lobby tracks, three sprays, a back bling, pickaxe, contrail, emote, and emoticon for Winterfest 2022.

Throughout the year, different events and schemes including Reboot Rally allow players to earn less sought-after rewards but are free nonetheless.

With today’s new Fortnite patch release, Epic Games is once again providing players with the chance to get their hands on free cosmetics.

The Runaway Racer skin is available for free along with a pickaxe, wrap, and back bling. Here’s how to get the free Fortnite cosmetics.

How to get Runway Racer Fortnite Skin For Free

There are a total of four different cosmetics in the Runway Racer Fortnite set.

The pickaxe, Premiere Poms, can be obtained by earning 5 account levels.

The next reward, the Haute Hustle wrap, can be obtained by earning 20 account levels.

The Auto Clutch back bling is rewarded once you hit 35 account levels.

And finally, the Runway Racer skin will be granted to players once they earn 50 account levels.

Players will have just over 6 weeks to complete the goals which means you’ll have beyond this season to try and unlock all the above Free Fortnite cosmetic rewards.

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Epic Games will release the first major update for Fortnite OG, 27.10 (4.06). Here’s all the information you need for the latest release including scheduled downtime, early patch notes, and more.

It’s almost been two weeks since Epic Games released Fortnite Chapter 4: OG. The new season has been a huge success with Epic recording their best-ever day in Fortnite history.

More than 44 million players jumped in on November 4th, 2023 to increase everything the Fortnite OG update had to offer with over 102 million hours of play.

It was obvious the new Fortnite OG season would bring back a large number of old player base but nobody would have expected the game to hit the numbers it did.

With the season ending on December 2nd to make way for Chapter 5, Epic still has two major updates they’ll be releasing, one of which, 27.10 (4.06) will go live today.

The OG Fortnite 27.10 (4.06) update today will introduce Fortnite Chapter 1 Seasons 7 & 8 which will include new items, map changes, and loot pool changes.

Here’s everything you need to know about today’s new Fortnite update on 16th November 2023.

Update Size

Every major Fortnite update is usually at least a few gigabytes, and the Fortnite OG 27.10 (4.06) update today will likely be a similar size.

Once the Fortnite 27.10 update download is pushed live on all platforms, we’ll update the section below with the download file size for v27.10.

PC:
PS5:
PS4
Xbox Series X|S:
Xbox One:
Nintendo Switch:
Android:

Be sure to check back later if you want to see the download size for the latest update.

Fortnite 27.10 (4.06) OG Update Season 7 & 8 Patch Notes – November 16 2023 (11/16/23)

When Epic Games released the new season, they outlined what players can expect to see throughout the season, something which we don’t usually get.

The patch notes for the OG season included information regarding Fortnite OG Chapter 1 Seasons 7 & 8. Thanks to that post, we know what to expect in the 27.10 Fortnite update today.

Map Changes

A snow biome will be making a return to the OG Fortnite map including the return of Frosty Flights. Pirate Camps will also be making an appearance.

Unfortunately, both Frozen Greasy Grove and Happy Hamlet will not be making a return in today’s 4.06 update.

Epic Games has shared what the Fortnite season 7 and 8 map will look like which can be seen below:

Loot Pool

One of the best parts about the season is the constant changes to the loot pool. The 27.10 (4.06) Fortnite update today will include the return of the Flint-Knock Pistol, Minigun, and the Quad Launcher.

We’ll also see the Poison Dart Trap, Itemied Glider Redeploy, and Buried Treasure return. The Poison Dart Trap will only be available in build mode.

Finally, the X-4 Stormwing Planes will be making a return to Fortnite alongside the Pirate Cannons which will allow players to launch their teammates.

The X-4 Stormwing Plane was introduced in season 7. It takes a few seconds to start up and has a mounted damaged item at the front of the plane.

The damage dealt is 50 and if you ram into builds, the damage dealt is 25 hitpoints. The plane itself has a total of 2,000 HP, but that might be adjusted when it comes back.

Fortnite Scheduled Server Downtime Right Now and When Will They Be Back Up Today – 16 November 2023

When Epic releases a new major Fortnite update, they need to take the servers offline for scheduled maintenance.

Today’s 4.06 update is not different with Epic confirming the Fortnite servers will be offline today, 16th November 2023.

The Fortnite servers will go down today at 4 AM ET / 9 AM GMT / 10 AM CET.

Here’s the official tweet from the Fortnite Status account announcing the scheduled server downtime for 11/16/23:

Epic has stated how long the Fortnite servers will be down for and when they’ll be back up, but based on previous patch releases, we’d expect them to be down for roughly two hours.

That means the servers should be back online at roughly 6 AM ET / 11 AM GMT / 12 PM CET.

We’ll update this section of the article when the servers are officially back online.

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