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Fortnite Playground mode - UPDATE 5:

Bad news Fortnite fans. Developer Epic Games has confirmed overnight that the Playground LTM has been pushed back.

It was hoped that the LTM would return several times earlier this week but now Epic has said it will not be available until next week.

Even then, it's not clear if the game mode will be ready, because no time frame has been given. All we do know is that they're working on it tirelessly.

"We’re still unable to resolve issues preventing the launch of the Playground LTM," reads an Epic tweet.

"We are holding the release until next week to continue hammering away this weekend. We’re sorry we haven't been able to get you in the LTM, and we know waiting is the worst."

In a follow-up tweet, Epic said: "We’ll update you with any additional information on Monday, July 2."

Should any other messages related to Playground mode be announced this weekend you'll find the updates here! Criterion (Legendary)

Fortnite Playground mode - UPDATE 4:

Epic's newest update is that... there'll be another update shortly.

In a tweet, the developer says: "We're continuing to test improvements that are needed to enable the Playground LTM. We'll have another update shortly."

Don't expect the LTM to go back online any time soon.

Fortnite Playground mode - UPDATE 3:

"We’re continuing to test our matchmaking service improvements and are still aiming to release the Playground LTM as soon as possible. Our next update is scheduled for 12pm ET."

You can read more about that update here.

Fortnite Playground mode - UPDATE 2:

3pm has rolled around, and it seems Epic hasn't released an update about the state of the Playground LTM mode.

The only update the devs have released refers to the Final Fight LTM mode - here's what Epic shared in an update at roughly 2.30pm via reddit:

Heya Folks,

We’ve heard your feedback regarding the Final Fight LTM and we agree that the mode isn’t quite in a state where we want it to be. Due to this, we’ll be disabling Final Fight and re-enabling the 50v50 LTM at 10AM EDT.

This time around 50v50 will have:

Thank you for all of your feedback on the Final Fight LTM.

Enjoy the +100% XP weekend!

We'll update you as more information on Playground becomes available. Fortnite Playground mode: When will LTM return to Xbox One, PS4, Switch, PC and iOS?

Fortnite Playground mode - UPDATE 1:

MrPopoTFS on Reddit (a developer at the game) has clarified when we can see an update for Playground mode hit.

In a post over on Reddit, the user stated:

"An update will come closer to 10am Eastern Time today, June 29th. Just to clarify"

That means anyone in the UK can expect to hear more about the mode at about 3pm today.

We'll keep you updated as more news breaks. 

Since Playground was been removed, players have been clamouring for the return of the experimental game mode, asking Epic when the sandbox take on Fortnite is likely to return.

"We need to continue testing our matchmaking improvements before opening the Playground LTM," an official tweet from the company explained in the early hours of the morning.

"We know you’re eager to get out there but due to this, we’ll be unable to release this game mode tonight. More details available tomorrow."

“Yesterday we launched the Playground LTM. So many of you rushed in to create and play that our matchmaking service fell over,” a statement from Epic Games reveals.

“We plan to push these changes and improvements live later today to bring the Playground LTM back online.”

It's likely that when the developer finally gets Playground up and running, we'll see the mode extended beyond it's originally scheduled downtime thanks to the delays it's seen. Why is Fortnite Playground down?

Epic developers took to reddit to explain what Fornite's latest LTM needs, and why it's proved such a strain on the server. You can read that post below:

“When you make matches for every 1-4 people, it requires between 25x and 100x as many matches as normal per 100 people depending on their party size,” the statement reads.

“Playground LTM launch was VERY popular and the poor matchmaker was trying to create and allocate matches faster than it could keep up with, so a backlog built up.

“This strained the system, which affected matchmaking times for regular game modes too. In order to preserve the base play experience, we took Playgrounds offline while we made improvements to the matchmaking system.

“We've been working on major matchmaking improvements over the last 24 hours, and we've also isolated Playground matchmaking to its own cluster so if it gets backed up, the worst that happens is longer Playground matchmaking times while the regular modes are unaffected.

“We're testing all of this now, and we're working hard to get Playgrounds live again as soon as we think it's ready.”