Fortnite is currently offline, though it's not an accident or a technical error that's rendered it unplayable.
Yesterday, the game's latest live event saw the entirety of the game's battle royale mode -- including its island location, players, Battle Bus, its lobby menu screens, and everything else -- devoured in-game by a black hole caused by a giant meteor. These events were visible both in the game as well as through a livestream on the official Twitch channel. Since then, Fortnite has been unavailable for play and simply shows a black screen with the dim outline of a black hole at the center when you start it up, with the same image being shown on Fortnite's official Twitter account and Twitch channel.

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