Fortnite servers are down as Chapter 7, Season 4 (v42.00) update releases today and matchmaking was disabled before the scheduled downtime. Fortnite servers are down as Chapter 7, Season 4 (v42.00) update releases today and matchmaking was disabled before the scheduled downtime. Fortnite had posted about the upcoming update slated for August 20.Fortnite servers were down for a scheduled update to the game. (Unsplash)“[ R E A L I T Y . . . R E B O O T S / / A U G U S T . . 2 0 ],” they'd written.Those familiar with the game posted about matchmaking being disabled and noted that servers would soon face downtime. “Matchmaking is now disabled in preparation for the v42.00 update downtime! Servers will go offline in 30 minutes,” one wrote. Another added “The #Fortnite Ch7, Season 4 (v42.00) update releases today, downtime begins in 30 minutes! Matchmaking is now being disabled.”However, not everyone was aware of what's going on and many reported outages with Fortnite, rather than a scheduled downtime. At the time of writing, Downdetector reports on Fortnite outage spiked to over 500 and hover over 300 as of now. The outage tracking site noted gamers were facing issues since 1:54am ET.(This is a developing story) Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing.