Gaming Outage: Fortnite, Rocket League, ARC Raiders Hit Globally

Major online games including Fortnite, Rocket League, and ARC Raiders experienced widespread outages and login issues around Christmas 2025. While many news outlets attributed the disruption to AWS, Amazon Web Services itself denied a core outage, pointing to an 'event elsewhere on the internet' impacting services relying on their infrastructure.

• Fortnite, Rocket League, and ARC Raiders faced global login and server issues.
• Outage occurred around Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2025, affecting peak gaming hours.
• Players reported specific errors like ART00004 and 'EAC cannot be instantiated'.
• AWS denied a core outage, suggesting issues with services built on its infrastructure.
• Impact felt across US, India, and other regions, affecting millions of gamers.
• Epic Games acknowledged 'major outages' affecting its services and games.

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