PUBG Down: AWS Outage Causes Login Issues for Players Worldwide

Players of the popular multiplayer game PUBG encountered login difficulties on Monday. The PUBG Battlegrounds support team confirmed these issues, attributing them to a broader Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud outage that has impacted several major applications worldwide.

On social media platform X, PUBG explained that server instability might prevent players from logging in or accessing matchmaking. The team apologized for the inconvenience, citing a "global external infrastructure service outage", hinting at AWS-related problems.

AWS Outage Impact

According to Downdetector, multiple prominent platforms, including AWS, Robinhood, Snapchat, and Perplexity AI, experienced disruptions on Monday. The root cause was linked to AWS, which supports a significant portion of the internet's backend infrastructure.

In the United States alone, Downdetector recorded thousands of AWS outage incidents, with users reporting difficulties accessing digital services and apps. Even Amazon.com, Prime Video, and Alexa faced connectivity problems.

Perplexity AI's CEO, Aravind Srinivas, confirmed that an AWS-related issue temporarily affected their operations. Other apps and websites dependent on AWS servers also experienced intermittent outages, including Venmo, Canvas by Instructure, Crunchyroll, Roblox, Whatnot, Rainbow Six Siege, Coinbase, Canva, Duolingo, Goodreads, Ring, The New York Times, Life360, Fortnite, Apple TV, Verizon, Chime, McDonald's App, CollegeBoard, and Wordle.

Games Affected

The Fortnite outage was confirmed on X, while Roblox shows an active incident on its status page. Other popular games impacted include:

Clash Royale

Clash of Clans

Palworld

Football game Rematch

Nintendo's Switch services are also reportedly struggling, with the company confirming ongoing technical problems.

AWS Response

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud provider at the center of the outage, released an update:

"We are seeing significant signs of recovery. Most requests should now be succeeding. We continue to work through a backlog of queued requests and will provide additional updates as they become available," the company reported on its website.

For context, AWS powers the infrastructure behind millions of websites and apps, meaning any disruption can have wide-ranging effects across the internet.