Fortnite developer Epic Games is taking the sport offline for replace 24.30. The subsequent main replace of the present season, v24.30 will add new Star Wars skins, gadgets and challenges for the May 4th celebration. Coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox consoles, Nintendo Switch, Android and PC, replace 24.30 shall be obtainable to obtain on the morning of May 2. It shall be accompanied by a interval of server downtime, which suggests you will not be capable of play Fortnite for no less than a few hours. If you wish to know when you'll be able to log again into Fortnite, take a look at the 24.30 server downtime schedule under.

The news was introduced by Epic Games on Twitter, alongside particulars on when servers shall be taken offline for upkeep.

"Find the Force in v24.30!" reads an Epic Games tweet. "Downtime begins at 3AM ET and matchmaking will be disabled shortly before."

For UK followers, which means Fortnite shall be taken offline in full at 8am BST, whereas matchmaking shall be disabled at 7.30am.

Epic hasn't revealed precisely when downtime will come to an finish, however upkeep usually lasts for round a few hours.

This means Fortnite must be again on-line by 10am BST UK time on the newest.

As for the replace itself, model 24.30 is centred round this week's Star Wars celebration on May 4th.

Epic Games has already unveiled a model new Anakin Skywalker pores and skin, which shall be obtainable to buy from the merchandise store.

The Anakin pores and skin shall be joined by one other costume from the favored film collection.

That's on high of latest Force Mythics, the return of Lightsabers, blasters, challenges and plenty extra.

Epic Games will even use the replace to repair quite a few bugs and gameplay glitches.