GTA ONLINE DOWN UPDATE 1 - Rockstar Games has now acknowledged issues on their support account on Twitter. According to the official feed Rockstar devs are "working on resolving this issue as soon as possible".
Affected players are also encouraged to refer to the Rockstar Service Status website (mentioned previously) for updates. However at the time of writing - 5.50pm - there's still no further information from Rockstar Games on what is causing the issues or when they might be fixed.
It could potentially be linked to possible PSN network issues we've also noticed impacting some players in the last few hours. More to follow. Original Story - GTA 5 Online is down this afternoon with a surge of reports suggesting the service has gone offline.
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