An outage at Amazon Web Services disrupted several major online games, including Fortnite, Rocket League, and ARC Raiders, leaving players unable to connect or complete in-game transactions.
Gamers quickly voiced their frustration online. Data from Downdetector showed nearly 4,000 outage reports from users in the United States. Complaints surged worldwide, with ARC Raiders alone generating close to 35,000 reports.
Fortnite players faced persistent connection failures. Many users received repeated “Servers Not Responding” messages, while ARC Raiders users reported frequent network timeouts. Searches for Fortnite server status remained among the top trending queries on Google for nearly six hours.
Many Services & Games are currently down
AWS, Fortnite, Steam, ARC Raiders, Marvel Rivals, EA… pic.twitter.com/xkJ87NipdM
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) December 25, 2025The disruption extended beyond gameplay. The outage also affected Epic Online Services, interrupting digital purchases, redemptions, and account-related services across multiple titles.
AWS has not yet issued an official statement on the cause of the outage. In previous incidents, similar service disruptions were typically resolved within one to three hours.
Christmas ruined? 😤 Major AWS Outage is taking down servers right now.
AWS Outage: Amazon Web Services disruption (Dec 24–25) causing login/matchmaking fails for tons of games due to network load balancer/DNS issues.
Affected: Fortnite, ARC Raiders, Rocket League, Fall Guys,… pic.twitter.com/uzpd0XGToW
— Lucifer (@Lucif3rOnX) December 25, 2025Users are advised to monitor official game and service channels for updates. Experts also recommend avoiding repeated login attempts during outages to reduce the risk of data or account issues.
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Industry analysts note that such disruptions have become more common as critical online services rely on a small number of cloud providers. Increasing system complexity has also raised the risk of widespread outages when failures occur.
