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Fortnite’s 3.4M concurrent users crashed the game last weekend

Fortnite had 3.4 million concurrent users over this past weekend, causing the game to crash, developer Epic confirmed.

The sheer amount of users caused half a dozen “partial and total service disruptions,” according to Epic. It’s likely most of the game’s concurrent users were playing Fortnite: Battle Royale rather than the vanilla version of the combat-builder hybrid.

While Epic won’t detail who was playing the vanilla, paid version of Fortnite or the free to play Fortnite: Battle Royale, it did say the brand is growing “far beyond our wildest growth expectations.”

With PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds still in early access on Xbox One, Fortnite: Battle Royale seems to be the battle royale title of choice on consoles. The title’s available on Windows PC, Mac, Xbox One and PS4.

Are you playing Fortnite: Battle Royale?


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