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Live service games are a complicated beast, specially ones similar Fortnite that get regular updates to both the client and the servers. Sometimes things get incorrect, and players will be impacted by crashes, bugs, and error messages.

A reasonably common error is when an update launches and players are unable to download it, getting stuck on a "Checking for updates" error message. This usually means they cannot download the update, the game hangs when they try to load it, and there isn't much they can do.

While it is hard to know the exact crusade of this fault, the solution is the same no thing what platform you play on. All y'all tin can do is await for Epic to investigate and resolve the issues.

It seems that something goes incorrect with the update where the servers volition not push the new update to players, who are then unable to update their game. Because they cannot load into the game on an older version, it automatically tries to update itself before they load in, trapping them in limbo.

While it is frustrating, especially on days where the game gets new content or new challenges, all players can really practice is exercise some patience and await for Epic to resolve the trouble.

The best manner to become updates on these bug is to check the Fortnite Condition Twitter account, which regularly tweets out updates on whatsoever issues that the game is having.