Is Twitch Down? What We Know About ‘Major Outage’
Twitch experienced a major service outage shortly after the release of the Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay trailer. The disruption affected web, chat, and video services, impacting high-profile streamers who were broadcasting reactions to the trailer.
Why it matters
The outage highlights the massive scale of digital traffic surrounding major entertainment releases and the vulnerability of streaming platforms to sudden spikes in demand.
Topline Twitch reported major outages to several of its services Thursday, revealing the issues about an hour after the highly anticipated gameplay trailer for “Grand Theft Auto VI” was released.
Twitch reported the outages around 4 p.m. EDT. Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images Key Facts Twitch said the outages impacted its web, chat and video viewing services, noting it was looking into the issue.
Reports of issues for Twitch on Downdetector.com spiked, with over 17,000 users reporting problems with its website, app and servers.
The trailer was exclusively released on Netflix, though top streamers like IShowSpeed and Kai Cenat streamed their live reactions to it on Twitch, giving people without a Netflix subscription the ability to view the trailer right when it released at 3 p.m. EDT.
Cenat and IShowSpeed’s livestreams and profiles were unavailable as of 4:45 p.m. EDT.
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