Today09:28 BSTFortnite Chapter 7 Season 4: Override official trailerToday09:28 BSTWhen will Fortnite servers come back online?Players itching to try out the new season's content will have to be patient - Epic Games has estimated that downtime could last for some time.As long as the update proceeds without a hitch, Fornite should be available to play again at around 11am BST. Major updates like this sometimes lead to extended downtime - but we'll let you know if that's the case as soon as it happens.Today09:28 BSTFortnite servers offline for v42.00 patch deploymentEpic Games disabled matchmaking 30 minutes before taking Fortnite offline this morning. All modes are currently unavailable.The downtime began at 7am BST today (Thursday, August 20).