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Fortnite X The Simpsons Update Sparks Fan Meltdown over Server Downtime — Netizens React with Memes, Rage and Humour

On Saturday, Epic Games took Fortnite offline for scheduled Version 38.00 maintenance tied to The Simpsons crossover, locking thousands in the United States out before confirming full restoration past midnight.
Players reported the `AS-3` launcher error tied to network configuration failures, and Epic Games engineers investigated both this and Fortnite servers' connectivity issues.
Online chatter spiked as `Epic Games down` trended on X, with more than 295 million PC users heightening vulnerability to traffic surges during big collaborations.
Epic's status page reported teams were `actively working to restore stability` and services would return online in stages, while players monitored the Epic Games Launcher without a technical explanation.
Industry analysts say recurring Fortnite event outages raise reliability concerns as players compared the timing to the 2019 `black hole` event, worsening frustration.

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