Players of Fortnite reported widespread log-in problems on Wednesday, with more than 12,000 outage complaints recorded on Downdetector.

Thousands of Fortnite players reported issues logging into the game on Wednesday afternoon. Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, confirmed it was investigating major login outages.

As many players gear up for a long holiday weekend, frustration spreads through the gaming community as Fortnite and several other titles using Epic Games’ backend abruptly went offline with its ...