The PlayStation Network faced a global outage earlier today
It is now back up and running
Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation Network faced a global outage earlier today (February 11).
The outage affected all of the PlayStation Network’s online services except for PlayStation Video, according to a report from
The Verge. The official PlayStation Network website has since announced, however, that all services are now up and running again.
DownDetector, a peak number of 35,180 reports were filed during the outage, which lasted over an hour. The outage also prompted several game developers to post on social media that they were aware of the issue and were working on a fix.
UPDATE: PlayStation Network services are back up and should be working as intended. If you re still having issues, check this page here.ORIGINAL: PlayStation Network, also known as PSN, is down on PS4 and PS5. At the moment of writing this, servers went down minutes ago, and right now all [.]
Fortnite Removes Another Powerful Gun From the Game
Epic Games has announced that
Fortnite s Storm Scout Sniper Rifle is now disabled from competitive playlists. A specific reason for the weapon s removal was not cited by the game s developer, but community feedback apparently played a role in the decision. It remains to be seen just what impact the removal will have on competitive play, but it seems that a lot of
Fortnite players welcome the move. While not everyone will be happy with the decision, it s clear that Epic Games is looking for more ways to listen to its fans, and find new ways to improve the overall game.
Fortnite Maintenance Patch Addresses Performance Issues
Epic Games has pushed an update in the form of Fortnite patch 2.03 ahead of the weekend to stabilize PC and PS5 performance issues.
We ve released a maintenance patch to address:
-The queuing bug with tournaments
-The Disable Pre-edit Option in BR/Creative applying to STW
-The recent performance issues on PC (DX12 still impacted)
-The PS5 stability issues Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) February 5, 2021
The maintenance update, labeled patch 2.03, specifically addresses a bug that was preventing players from queuing in tournaments, an issue involving the disable pre-edit option, and performance issues affecting players on PC and PS5.