What You Need to Know About the Fortnite Xbox Crashing Issue Right Now
If you’ve been counting down the hours, eager to play Fortnite Season 6 with its new Battle Pass and tweaks to the gameplay, you may be in for a bad time. At least, you are if you’re a Fortnite Xbox player. Those who are trying to play on Microsoft’s system are struggling with a Fortnite Xbox crashing issue, that prevents players from being able to even access the game’s lobby. Here’s what you need to know about the Fortnite Xbox crashing issue right now.
First off, let’s run through what the Fortnite Xbox crashing issue is. It seems to be varying for players, but ultimately, during the loading and log-in screens, the game will simply freeze and stop loading. If you leave it long enough, the Fortnite Xbox crashing issue forces you right back to the dashboard. So as of right now, you can’t play Fortnite on Xbox because of this.
In terms of what you can try to do to fix the Fortnite Xbox crashing issue, there isn’t a whole lot. You can always try turning your Xbox One off and on in the hope that clearing the cache can alleviate the Fortnite Xbox crashing issue, but we wouldn’t hold our breath. We’ve tried this ourselves and still haven’t had any luck.
Currently, it looks like we’ll just have to wait for Epic Games to resolve the Fortnite Xbox crashing issues itself. The official Fortnite Twitter account has acknowledged the problem (see below), so hopefully it shouldn’t be long until it’s resolved.
We are investigating an increase in crashes on Xbox. We'll provide an update once we have more information.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) September 27, 2018
That’s all you need to know about the Fortnite Xbox crashing issue that’s hindering Fortnite Season 6 right now. In the meantime, be sure to check out our Fortnite Season 6 wiki. It’s got tons of handy tips, tricks, and guides in it!
