"If you're struggling to log in and play some of your favorite games like Fortnite and Roblox, you're not alone. A massive outage was reported with Amazon's AWS hosting service, impacting various services that make use of the company's cloud services. According to the BBC, several of the affected video game services across the world include the PlayStation Network, Pokemon Go, Rocket League, and Wordle alongside Fortnite and Roblox."
"In an update, Amazon Web Services said it was starting to see "significant signs of recovery" and it was continuing to process a backlog of queued requests. "We have identified a potential root cause for error rates for the DynamoDB APIs in the US-EAST-1 Region," Amazon said. "We are working on multiple parallel paths to accelerate recovery." Beyond gaming apps, the outage has also been felt across numerous banking services and programs across the globe."
A massive Amazon Web Services outage caused widespread login and gameplay failures for popular titles including Fortnite and Roblox. Multiple global video game services such as PlayStation Network, Pokemon Go, Rocket League, and Wordle experienced disruptions. Amazon reported significant signs of recovery while processing a backlog of queued requests. Amazon identified a potential root cause tied to elevated error rates for DynamoDB APIs in the US-EAST-1 Region and is pursuing multiple parallel actions to speed recovery. The outage also affected numerous banking services worldwide and generated over four million reports to Downdetector, more than double normal weekday volumes.
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