India, Nov. 2 -- Thousands of Epic Games users on Saturday reported they were unable to access the store or the launcher, even as the company announced earlier that Fortnite servers would face a downtime for the Simpsons crossover event. Downdetector had logged over 6,000 people reporting issues with Epic Games, and at the time of writing the number still hovers above the 4,000 mark.

Users complained they were getting 'AS-3 error' as a message. "I can't login to the epic app at all. Every time I try it gives error code AS-3 or it says error. When can I expect a fix?," one person wrote on X. Another added, "I can't even log in to the launcher. Like why?? Epic launcher, PC - Error Code: AS-3. I was in the launcher - click on Fortnite and n...