Rockstar Games is temporarily shutting down access to both Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online today to show support for Black Lives Matter and to honor the slain George Floyd.
The servers for both games will go down at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET and will return at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET. The offline components for the two games should not be affected.
Black Lives Matter. To honor the legacy of George Floyd, today, 6/4/20, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET, we will be shutting down access to our online games, Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online.
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) June 4, 2020
In addition to the gesture, Rockstar asked its Twitter followers to find a charity they can donate to in order to show support for black communities, businesses, and civil rights. Charities on the list include the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Black Child Development Institute, and the Equal Justice Initiative, as well as broader civil rights groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation.
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