Fortnite servers are down ahead of new season. When will Fortnite ...

Update: The time when the maintenance is expected to be complete has been updated.

In preparation for the new season, servers are down on Fortnite, the popular game from Epic games, for scheduled maintenance.

Here's what we know.

According to Epic Games, the server is down for scheduled maintenance (v29.00 update) ahead of the new season, which is why players may currently see an error if they try to access the game.

The maintenance was originally scheduled for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. UTC which is 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. EST but has since been pushed back. Fortnite Status on X, formerly Twitter, shared at 9:15 EST that another 8 hours would be needed to complete the update.

Users can continue to check the status of the update on their website status.epicgames.com.

Players of the game took to social media to respond to added time to the outage

Many users took to X to express their feelings about the scheduled maintenance and it's extension.

From genuine frustration to memes, you can find some of their responses below.

Fortnite players react to outage:Fortnite is down and people on social media reacted about how you'd expect

Fortnite is a popular online game that can be played across different platforms including Android phones, PC, Xbox, PlayStation and others.

It was released in 2017 by Epic Games.

Once the system updates are finished, Fortnite players should be able to boot up the game and access the news season: Chapter 5 Season 2: Myths & Mortals.

Katie Wiseman is a trending news intern at IndyStar. Contact her at klwiseman@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @itskatiewiseman.