Has Roblox shut down? Latest statement as users left furious

Has Roblox shut down? Latest statement as users left furious. (PA)
Has Roblox shut down? Latest statement as users left furious. (PA)
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GAMERS have been experiencing problems with Roblox since last night and users are not happy.

Members of the Roblox community have taken to Twitter after players began experiencing difficulties at around 10.30pm yesterday.

The platform’s incident page is reporting a “major player drop” with many player experiences being impacted.

They later identified the root cause as an “internal system issue” and are said to be working on the fix.

Richmond and Twickenham Times: A graph showing Roblox outage in the last 24 hours. Picture credit: DowndetectorA graph showing Roblox outage in the last 24 hours. Picture credit: Downdetector

What is Roblox?

Roblox describe itself as "a global platform where millions of people gather together every day to imagine, create, and share experiences with each other in immersive, user-generated 3D worlds."
What they mean is that it's a collection of millions of games all created by its community of players.
Gamers, usually children, browse the catalogue of games via a PC, tablet, smartphone or console.
Completely free to join, players can play and build games.
Additionally there are subscription models and also the opportunity to earn money through the platform.

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