On Saturday, many programs that make up Roblox went down. For gamers, the overwhelming majority weren’t in a position to get into the sport in any respect, whereas Twitter stories point out some had been in a position to play, however that the sport was extraordinarily sluggish.

The builders know in regards to the outages, the official Roblox standing web page signifies, with a “Service Disruption” message stating “We’re conscious of the problems with accessing Roblox. Our group is actively engaged on it.”

The difficulty was acknowledged at 10:54am PST, and impacts extra than simply gamers, as creators are additionally being impacted. In response to the discover, the outage is affecting the web site, iOS app, Xbox app, video games, the “Studio,” asset supply, the info retailer, the power for gamers to hitch video games, and avatar providers.

Roblox hasn’t suggested of how lengthy the outage might be for, nor when it is going to be mounted. It has additionally publicly acknowledged the downtime, apologising to customers on Twitter.

There’s additionally no official phrase on what number of gamers are disrupted by the downtime, however a search on Twitter for the hashtag #robloxdown reveals many social media customers are being vocal about it.

The downtime might be fairly expensive for the developer. In June 2021, it was estimated that Roblox generated some $3 million in income per day from the App Retailer alone, with the builders conserving greater than $2 million after Apple takes its reduce.

Regardless of the revenue, the sport has been criticized for its potential exploitation of youthful builders, through an unfair system that pays out solely 1 / 4 of the worth of in-app purchases to creators.

Replace: Roblox’s standing web page stated the outage was resolved at 1:21pm PST. The overall outage interval was just below two and a half hours, in response to the web page.