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Fortnite participant rely units 2024 file as new season launches, regardless of prolonged downtime

11 March 2024
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Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2, titled Myths and Mortals was launched final Friday, on March 8 2024, and though it wasn’t a easy intro to followers, a brand new file was hit quickly after.

Within the early afternoon of the next day (March 9) a peak of 5,152,863 gamers was recorded by way of the rely tracker Fortnite.gg. This marks the very best variety of folks in 2024 up to now, with the final time the 5 million mark was reached being in December 2023.

Though this can be a win for Fortnite creators Epic Video games, the crew confronted substantial points within the lead-up and within the hours after the supposed ‘launch.’

At 7:14 am, we reported the devs took to X to alert customers of an ‘surprising challenge’ that resulted within the server being down. They apologized for ‘making everybody wait longer than standard to drop into Chapter 5 Season 2 of Battle Royale.’

Ultimately, the servers had been down for nearly a whole day. At 9 pm CT on March 10, the servers had been in a position to be opened and the queue started.

Some gamers noticed crashing points and issues with texture on display screen, however the majority of the issues had been solved through the downtime.

On the preliminary launch day, a weblog submit was revealed on the Fortnite web site to share extra particulars together with the unlocked places that followers can expertise like Mount Olympus, Grim Gate, The Underworld, and Brawler’s Battleground.

They go on to explain the brand new addition intimately, by saying “Pandora’s Field has been opened on the Fortnite Battle Royale Island, bringing Olympus to the battlefield.

“Olympian legends – together with Hades and the thunder god Zeus – now rule the island in otherworldly rage. To make issues worse, they’ve introduced their powers and weapons with them. Use their mythological means in opposition to them in Chapter 5 Season 2: Myths & Mortals!”

Response to launch of Chapter 5 Season 2

Within the hours of downtime, followers of Fortnite took to X and Reddit to ask the crew to be faster.

One consumer mentioned: ‘what am I gonna do with my life…’ whereas one other mentioned ‘ATLEAST 8 HOURS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I DONT WANNA BE RUDE BUT THIS IS SO UNHEARD OF WHAAAAAAAAT.’

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