India, June 8 -- Fortnite was down for thousands on Saturday. Several gamers complained about seeing a matchmaking error, which cast a complete black screen mid-mission. The game's support department addressed the issue. It said that some 'players may be seeing matchmaking errors when trying to enter the early Death Star Sabotage fight'.

"In the meantime, entering another game mode and switching back to Death Star Sabotage may help resolve this," the statement on X, platform formerly known as Twitter, further reads.

These errors, often labeled as Matchmaking Error #1, #2, or #3, or manifesting as a black screen during matchmaking, are typically caused by server issues, network problems, or client-side glitches, as per Epic Games.

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