{"id":35853,"date":"2025-10-20T10:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/epic-games-down-aws-outage-causes-request-could-not-be-completed\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:11:21","slug":"epic-games-down-aws-outage-causes-request-could-not-be-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/epic-games-down-aws-outage-causes-request-could-not-be-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games down: AWS outage causes \u201crequest could not be completed\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dataconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/epic-games-down-aws-outage-request-could-not-be-completed.jpg\" alt=\"Epic Games down: AWS outage causes \u201crequest could not be completed\u201d\" title=\"Epic Games down: AWS outage causes \u201crequest could not be completed\u201d\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re trying to log in to the Epic Games Store or play games like Fortnite and Rocket League, you\u2019re likely seeing an error message stating \u201crequest could not be completed.\u201d You\u2019re not alone, and the problem isn\u2019t with your computer.<\/p>\n<p>The Epic Games Store and its entire portfolio of games are currently down or experiencing major issues due to a widespread outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS).<\/p>\n<p>The outage, which began this morning around 8 AM UK time (midnight PT), is centered on Amazon\u2019s critical North Virginia data center (US-EAST-1). Amazon has confirmed it is experiencing \u201cincreased error rates and latencies\u201d with core services that power a huge portion of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Because Epic Games relies heavily on AWS infrastructure to run its launcher, manage logins, and host game servers, the Amazon outage has taken its services completely offline for many users. The \u201crequest could not beF completed\u201d error is a direct result of the Epic Games launcher being unable to connect to the AWS servers it needs to operate.<\/p>\n<p>Downdetector, a website that tracks service interruptions, shows a massive spike in user reports for the Epic Games Store, Fortnite, and Rocket League, all occurring at the same time as the AWS failure.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dataconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amazon-down-widespread-aws-outage-takes-down-internet_02.jpg\" alt=\"amazon-down-widespread-aws-outage-takes-down-internet\" title=\"Epic Games down: AWS outage causes &quot;request could not be completed&quot; 1\"\/><figcaption>Amazon is down and it is affecting multiple apps (Image: Downdetector)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This outage is not limited to Epic Games. Dozens of other major online services are also down, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Snapchat<\/li>\n<li>Roblox<\/li>\n<li>Amazon\u2019s own services (Ring, Alexa, Prime Video)<\/li>\n<li>Duolingo<\/li>\n<li>Canva<\/li>\n<li>Coinbase<\/li>\n<li>Venmo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amazon is actively working to resolve the issue in its North Virginia facility, but as of now, there is no estimated time for when services will be fully restored. Until Amazon fixes its servers, the Epic Games Store and its related games will likely remain inaccessible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-phone-with-a-sticker-on-it-sitting-on-a-table-yEHNsn_xxP4\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Featured image credit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re trying to log in to the Epic Games Store or play games like Fortnite and Rocket League, you\u2019re likely seeing an error message stating \u201crequest could not be completed.\u201d You\u2019re not alone, and the problem isn\u2019t with your computer. The Epic Games Store and its entire portfolio of games are currently down or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technologies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}