Fortnite Failed To Initialize BattlEye Service Driver Load Error (1275): How To Fix

This guide talks about Fortnite's Failed To Initialize BattlEye Service Driver Load Error (1275), its cause, and how you can fix it.

Fortnite Failed To Initialize Battl Eye Service Driver Load Error 1275
Here's how to fix Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: Driver Load Error (1275) in Fortnite. | © Epic Games

As a live service title available on multiple platforms, Fortniteis always prone to errors, server issues, and other things plaguing the game and shattering the user experience.

At the time of writing, a few hours back, Fortnite players, especially those who play the game on Windows 11, started encountering the error "Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: Driver Load Error (1275)", which stopped them from starting the game.

Apart from that, many players also reported that the Discovery Tab and the Creative Mode both were not working in Fortnite. While the latter ones are not that big of an issue, the error "Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: Driver Load Error (1275)" is something for which players want a fix at the earliest so that they can hop back into the game.

Update: We checked for new fixes and verified the existing ones on March 9, 2024.

How To Fix Failed To Initialize BattlEye Service: Driver Load Error (1275) In Fortnite

The "Failed To Initialize BattlEye Service Driver Load Error (1275)" is from the developers' end and Epic Games is looking into it on priority. Since it has nothing to do with your system, using the general troubleshooting steps won't work.

So for the time being, we recommend keeping an eye out on the Epic Games, Fortnite Status, and Fortnite Twitter handles for the latest updates on the matter.

  • Take your Fortnite gaming experience to the next level by using the Razer Kishi mobile game controller . It offers better control of your brawlers and makes sure you aim accurately.

Or, you can also bookmark this page as we will be updating it as soon as the error gets resolved or if we find any workarounds.

That being said, once the error is fixed from Epic Games' side, you may have to update the game to fix the "Failed To Initialize BattlEye Service Driver Load Error (1275)."

For more news and guides, check out:

Hritwik Raj

Hritwik has been playing all kinds of games since childhood and is a self-proclaimed guru of all games. He is one of the Gaming Leads at MobileMatters who is always inclined towards souls games, shooters like Apex Legends and Call of Duty, RPGs and MMOs....