Image copyrightEpic GamesImage caption A total of 100 gamers face off in Fortnite's Battle Royale mode trying to be the last survivor A lengthy server outage that prevented gamers playing Fortnite's Battle Royale mode has been resolved.The title, which was developed by US-based Epic Games, began experiencing problems on Wednesday.
It has more than 45 million players worldwide.The issue meant that some gamers were unable to play the last-player-standing challenge on Xbox, PlayStation, PC or mobile.A statement by Epic had blamed the glitch on a database fault."Login and game service issues have been resolved and we've returned to a healthy state," it announced shortly after 20:00 BST.Soon after, it added that a related email notifications backlog had also been corrected.Several of the game's fans had voiced their displeasure on social media during the near day-long outage.But one expert said such glitches were not unusual."It's not ideal from their perspective because they have millions of players that want to play the game," said Piers Harding-Roll, head of games at analyst firm IHS Markit."But the most important thing is that people [were] given regular updates."Fortnite launched last June as a paid game.
However, the Battle Royale mode - which pits 100 players against each other - is free to play.
It makes money by selling costumes and other cosmetic in-game items.Media captionWATCH: Should you limit your children's time on FortniteThese generated more than $15m (10.5m) on iOS alone over its first three weeks on Apple's mobile platform - which it joined on 15 March - according to one analytics firm.Some parents have raised concerns about the amount of time their children are spending within Fortnite's cartoon-like fights.However, one academic recently cautioned against describing the game as being "addictive".Fortnite has been nominated for two prizes at Thursday evening's Bafta Games Awards.Media captionWATCH: Your guide to the Bafta Games Awards 2018 nominees