Massive AWS Outage Knocks Fortnite, Roblox, Nintendo and More Offline — Widespread Service Disruptions
Early on Monday morning, a problem at Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused major interruptions to several popular online games and other web services. The issue started in AWS’s US-EAST-1 datacenter and, as a result, players and users saw outages across multiple platforms. Most services recovered within a few hours, according to AWS.
What happened
Amazon Web Services reported an operational issue in its US-EAST-1 datacenter. Consequently, many services that rely on AWS saw outages early Monday. AWS later said it was observing recovery across most affected services by 6 a.m. EDT.
Affected games and services
Several major game services posted outage notices or reported problems. For example, Fortnite, Roblox, Nintendo’s online services, and a variety of other titles showed interruptions.
Fortnite posted a status update on its official account:
⚠️ An outage affecting several services on the internet is also impacting Fortnite log-ins. We're investigating this now, and will update you when we have more details.
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) October 20, 2025
Roblox’s status page also listed service issues; the company logged the outage in its history and provided updates on availability.
More details are available on Roblox’s status page.
Nintendo reported its online services were unavailable and pointed users to its network information page for updates.
Check Nintendo’s notice on this page.
Other games that reported problems included titles like Clash Royale and Palworld.
Maintenance break incoming!
Supercell ID logins are temporarily unavailable due to an external outage — that’s on our radar, and we’ll update you once it’s resolved!
— Clash Royale (@ClashRoyale) October 20, 2025
[Network Outage Notice]
There is a global network outage at the moment affecting many games, which is also effecting Palworld multiplayer connectivity.We apologize for the inconvenience.
— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) October 20, 2025
The Epic Games Store also experienced issues during the outage window.
What stayed up
Not every gaming network was affected. For instance, Steam, PlayStation Network, and Xbox online services did not appear to suffer the same disruptions. In short, the outage had a big reach, but it wasn’t universal.
Wider impact and recovery
Because AWS is the world’s largest cloud provider, the outage extended beyond games. Sites and services such as Amazon itself, Reddit, Snapchat, Duolingo, and Ring reported problems or degraded service. However, AWS’s status updates indicated improving conditions by early morning.
For the official AWS health information, see their status page. AWS said the issue was operational in US-EAST-1 and that recovery was underway by 6 a.m. EDT.
