There was plenty of hype around Fortnite’s<\/em> OG season in the run-up to its release today and it’s clearly worked wonders for Epic Games’ flagship title, setting a new all-time peak players record just hours after it launched. <\/p>
Ninety minutes after downtime ended, Fortnite <\/em>recorded 3,913,817 players online at one time, which is by far the highest peak since Epic made the live player count available in April 2023. <\/p>
The previous record was held by the launch of Chapter Four, season four, which recorded 2.8 million concurrent players when it launched in August 2023, according to Fortnite.gg<\/a>. <\/p>
It’s no surprise that <\/em>fans are flooding back to the game as the Fortnite <\/em>OG season<\/a> brings back the classic map, iconic weapons and items, and reimagined skins from the first chapter. <\/p>
It’s possible that the peak number could go even higher, though, as players have reported they’ve been stuck in queues<\/a> or suffered from an “Out of Video Memory”<\/a> error that has stopped them from getting into the game. <\/p>
With the season set to run until Dec. 3<\/a>, there’s always a chance that this record could be broken multiple times throughout the OG season. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
