How long Fortnite will stay offline today is not clear from the information . As a rule, the downtimes are only of short duration, so that the servers should return around noon. After completing the maintenance work, you can play the Battle Royale shooter as usual. In the course of the work, the developers are installing the Fortnite Update 15.10, which provides new content for the popular multiplayer brawl.
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The specific patch notes are not yet available. In the Reddit thread, however, the developers write that PC gamers who have high-res textures installed must expect a larger patch. The download size is said to be around 23 gigabytes. On the PC, the BR shooter has a performance mode, which allows higher fps to be achieved. Especially gamers with older PC systems should notice advantages. In addition, the mode should reduce the total memory size required.
No information is available yet on the other content. It would be conceivable, however, that Epic Games will prepare Fortnite for the XMAS Festival 2020 with patch 15.10 - and play additional content accordingly. We'll keep you up to date in our news area.