Steam seems to be back to normal, at least for the moment, but now it looks like the Epic Games Store is getting hammered
This could be a rough holiday for online gaming services.
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Recent updates
As of 11:00 pm ET, Steam seems to have stabilized, and store and community functions are operating normally. That could change at any time—parts of Steam were up and down all day, so it's possible that whatever happened could happen again—but for moment, the light is green.
The same can't be said for the Epic Games Store, however, which is reporting "major outages" with its login and matchmaking services. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney apologized for the problems on X, saying, "The servers are melting down."
Some other services, including Xbox Live and EA online services, also appear to be having problems. This is looking like it could be a long night for gamers and IT crew alike.
We'll keep our eye on things and update as we can, although the timing of the trouble obviously isn't ideal. You can also check the moment-to-moment status of online gaming services through individual tracking sites:
Unofficial Steam Status
Epic Games Status page
DownDetector
Original story:
It's the day before Christmas and all through the house, nobody is using Steam, not even a mouse—because, you guessed it, Steam is down.
It's unclear what's going on, but at a little before 2 pm ET on a Wednesday, we're guessing this not routine maintenance. Steam appears to be completely gone: The unofficial Steam Status website is reporting websocket errors, and says the entire Steam store, community, and web API are offline. SteamStat page views are also jumping up, which is a pretty reliable indicator that something's gone wrong.
Original story:
It's the day before Christmas and all through the house, nobody is using Steam, not even a mouse—because, you guessed it, Steam is down.
It's unclear what's going on, but at a little before 2 pm ET on a Wednesday, we're guessing this not routine maintenance. Steam appears to be completely gone: The unofficial Steam Status website is reporting websocket errors, and says the entire Steam store, community, and web API are offline. SteamStat page views are also jumping up, which is a pretty reliable indicator that something's gone wrong.
