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GTA Online and Red Dead Online Will Temporarily Close to Honor George Floyd - IGN

GTA Online and Red Dead Online will go down for 2 hours, to "honor the legacy of George Floyd".

www.ign.com

Rockstar has announced that it will be shutting down GTA Online and Red Dead Online today for 2 hours, to "honor the legacy of George Floyd".


Both games will have access closed between 11am - 1pm Pacific / 2pm - 4pm Eastern / 7pm - 9pm UK / 4am - 6am AEST.

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Update: All of Take-Two's labels will follow suit

 

[O-N-E]

lol

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[thief183]

pathetic...

 

[manfestival]

More virtue signaling from the corporate machines. How thoughtful of them

 

[ManaByte]

When scheduled maintenance gets turned into a PR statement.

 

[wvnative]

More xenoblade for me then.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Hey guys, we need to perform some server maintenance, anyone got a good cover story?

 

[makaveli60]

They are really one-upping each other? Next they will cancel a game before release. Oh well, anything to divide society...

 

[TheContact]

 

[JohnnyFootball]

They are really one-upping each other? Next they will cancel a game before release. Oh well, anything to divide society...

That won't happen. Money will talk.

 

[Blond]

Bro, please stop making us look so sensitive that we can't play a video game without worrying about the "plight of the blackman!" This is some really patronizing shit!

I'm glad I dumped GTA 5. It's server maintenance, call it that and fuck off.

 

[GenericUser]

take gta online down forever please, infinite honor.

 

[LisaMariaMartin]

I am curious, did any of those gaming companies ever do shit like this for other tragedies? The blockade in Yemen left children to starve to death because of Saudi Arabia, China is selling people as slave workers not to mention all that Hong Kong and Taiwan business. Russia bombing hospitals in Syria.

Tragedies happen every single day to people who don't deserve it.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Update: All of Take-Two's labels will follow suit

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

Not trying to be a dick when I say this but what “legacy”?

 

[TMLT]

"The legacy of George Floyd"

Home invasions and pornos?

 

[Birdo]

It's become a competition

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

Can i have choice to not honor him and play?

 

[Mossybrew]

Only 2 hours? Very upsetting, this situation definitely deserves 3 full hours. Rockstar - cancelled.

 

[Senua]

Understandable.

Great.

This is the right call.

Respect.

This is the right thing to do.

Good move.

 

[S77]

Understandable.

Great.

This is the right call.

Respect.

This is the right thing to do.

Good move.

Shuffle them and post them 100 times and you got every single resetera thread.

 

[Kayoba]

Shutting down a video game service for 2 hours in memory of an american who died, while ~100.000 americans are dying due to an ongoing worldwide pandemic is something I would've expected in a South Park episode.

 

[Goro Majima]

And for 2 glorious hours they will consider actually working on GTA6

 

[VulcanRaven]

Understandable.

Great.

This is the right call.

Respect.

This is the right thing to do.

Good move.

So are you saying that people can't say that this is a good thing?

 

[Senua]

So are you saying that people can't say that this is a good thing?

Of course not.

No.

Sorry if it came off that way.

I didn't mean to offend anyone.

That was not my intention.

My deepest apologies.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

WHAT A STATEMENT! HATS OFF, R*

 

[GymWolf]

This dude reminds me of johnny walker...

Also lol 2 hours.

 

[MoreJRPG]

Might as well just shut off the power grid and call it a day at this rate.

 

[NeoGiffer]

Might as well just shut off the power grid and call it a day at this rate.

 

[Orta]

I take it the armed robbery, cocaine possession and jail sentences won't be mentioned as part of his legacy?

 

[SpartanN92]

I’m gonna go riot in GTA right now.

 

[Kenpachii]

Remember when games where a escape. haha.

 

[prinz_valium]

WoW
That's a least a message, that affects their top line.

 

[Shin]

lol

Exactly, what the flying fuck does a person I believe had nothing to do with gaming has to do with - games?
He was a pornstar (excuse me - adult entertainer), is that industry standing still and remembering him?
What a media circus, this shit is and has become...PR team across the globe are like the image below.

 

[DragoonKain]

Use that time to play through the Modern Warfare campaign.

 

[hemo memo]

That’s probably money lost more than the entire videogame industry donations to the cause combined.

More than just talk/tweet.

 

[pqueue]

well, leave it to Rockstar to solve racism once and for all.

 

[iconmaster]

Why not leave them going, but turn off the law enforcement?

 

[kretos]

LOL what a fucking joke, i don't play these games but i'm sure the people who do are furious now

what if i'm not american and don't live in america and don't give a shit about all that shit? show your support and donate is not enough now you will punish me too

 

[SUPERGGK]

There are so many noble causes to support. I can't believe this mess is given so much importance. There are no good parties in this whole event. What are all these companies doing. Are they supporting rioting and looting? It's baffling.

 

[Revolutionary]

Wow, a whole two hours without players calling each other racial slurs!

 

[Mhmmm 2077]

This is ridiculous, but at least I know which company I shouldn't support anymore, good that I refunded my RDR2 Steam copy, it was beyond bugged anyway.

 

[YCoCg]

Why not leave them going, but turn off the law enforcement?

Because that would make the game fun! You'd have people running around stealing cars, killings peds, causing havoc in the streets, what game do you think this is?

 

[FearlessBelgian]

Please cut off internet for georges floyd... He deserve that.

 

[Dontero]

Is that all you got ? Why not a whole month ?

 

[Arkam]

So they shut off the game (for two hours) that lets me murder people and live out my darkest fantasies..... to respect the dead? Seems like broken and tone deaf logic. But hey your ship your rules.

 

[Saint Boot]

Joke's on them since I stopped playing online and online only games years ago. Lets see if those idiots at blizzard shut down Overwatch for two hours, unless they already have and I missed the announcement?

*Goes back to playing Persona 5 Royal and Xenoblade Chronicles DE.

 

[Senua]

Joke's on them since I stopped playing online and online only games years ago. Lets see if those idiots at blizzard shut down Overwatch for two hours, unless they already have and I missed the announcement?

*Goes back to playing Persona 5 Royal and Xenoblade Chronicles DE.

you went the way of the weeb

 

[Saint Boot]

you went the way of the weeb

Not one hundred percent, as I still prefer english dubs, which true weeaboo hate. if it's any consolation, I want to get the remaster for Saint's Row 3, but amazon never has it in stock. Loved the ps3 original.