The live event is slated to begin on Saturday, November 1 at 8 AM PT / 11AM ET. That's three hours earlier than the usual start time for these things, so plan accordingly. After the event ends, Fortnite will go offline for maintenance in order to deploy the season update.

Fortnite players are facing widespread frustration as servers remain offline for the highly anticipated Simpsons mini-season update, with errors like "Profile Query Failed" and "Failed to Download Sup...