Epic hoping to return Playground mode to Fortnite later today, still testing improvements on matchmaking

Epic is working hard to have Playground mode return to Fortnite, and they're hoping to have it back in action at some point today. Epic has been keeping players updated on the situation both through their Twitter account and on Reddit as well.

Yesterday we launched the Playground LTM. So many of you rushed in to create and play that our matchmaking service fell over. We’ve since separated the Playground matchmaker from the one that affects the default modes and made large improvements to assist with the number of players. We plan to push these changes and improvements live later today to bring the Playground LTM back online.

Update 1:30pm Eastern Time (1730 GMT): We’re continuing to test improvements made to our matchmaking services for the Playground LTM. We want to get you out there and let you unleash your creativity but also want to ensure a positive experience once we enable this game mode again. We’ll give you more updates and a timeline as soon as we have one.