Amazon, Roblox and AWS outage
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Roblox, along with other games, are encountering server issues due to a global server outage happening this Oct. 20.
Games of all types, from Fortnite to Wordle to Roblox have been affected by the AWS outage. Problems started at about 7.30am BST (that's 2.30am ET) when gamign services started having huge spikes on the outage-detecting website Downdetector.
Scores of popular online platforms experienced problems Monday as Amazon Web Services (AWS) grappled with an outage. Amazon’s cloud computing arm, which is a leading provider of cloud
Fortnite, Roblox, Clash Royale and various other games and gaming services have been struck down by an "operational issue" with Amazon's web services today, though Amazon themselves promise that they're already seeing "significant signs of recovery".
A huge number of websites and games are experiencing outages today (Monday 20th October), including platforms such as Roblox and Fortnite. The source of the issues appears to stem from Amazon’s cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), which hosts many of the world's platforms, including banking services.
An issue with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the ubiquitous internet hosting service, took down many of the world's most popular online games in the early hours of Monday morning. Fortnite, Roblox, and Nintendo all reported that their services were unavailable.
The internet is apparently falling apart at the seams today with major outages reported across games like Fortnite, Roblox, and more following issues with Amazon Web Services (AWS).