Popular livestreaming platform Twitch encountered a significant outage that coincided with the premiere of the Grand Theft Auto 6 extended look gameplay trailer on Netflix. The outage affected multiple major services, including web, chat, and video functionality.
During the premiere, many Twitch users were able to watch the Grand Theft Auto 6 presentation by observing popular streamers like Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed who were co-streaming the event. The stream was live on Netflix, allowing content creators to react to it in real-time.
Twitch's status website indicated widespread issues impacting services. While the platform has largely recovered, outage warnings persisted at the time of reporting. Approximately 180,000 viewers were reportedly watching Grand Theft Auto 6 live streams on Twitch, with an additional 80,000 watching Grand Theft Auto 5, contributing to high user activity.
Twitch has acknowledged the situation, stating on their status page, "We have received reports of impacted services. This could manifest in chat not working, login difficulties, search impaired, etc. We're looking into the issue." The company has not definitively confirmed that the outage was directly caused by the strain from the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer premiere.
Eurogamer reached out to a PR representative for comment regarding the potential link between the outage and the Grand Theft Auto 6 event but had not received a response at the time of publication. Those awaiting their favorite streamers to return online can find information regarding Rockstar's approach to realism in Grand Theft Auto 6, or catch up on all announcements from the extended look trailer.