Rockstar Games to temporarily shutdown servers for Red Dead Online & GTA Online in support of Black Lives Matter.

Earlier today, Rockstar Games announced on twitter that they will shutdown the servers for Red Dead Online & GTA Online temporarily in support of Black Lives Matter and to honour George Floyd.

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

Servers will be shutting down between 2pm ET (7pm BST) & 4pm ET (9pm BST). Rockstar went on to share a link to CharityNavigator.org, highlighting charities known for the civil rights actions.

As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, all game studios owned by Take-Two interactive will also be shutting down their online services during this time.

Update: We've been informed that all Take-Two's labels will be shutting down their online games during this time — including games from Rockstar, 2K, and Social Point. Private Division will also suspend activities. https://t.co/NzHO1qkrZL
— GamesIndustry (@GIBiz) June 4, 2020

This follows on from Tuesday’s #BlackoutTuesday where a number of high profile companies around the world shared their support to the Black Lives Matter movement by pausing their feeds and tweeting statements about recent events.

Update:

Server are now back online after the 2 hour shutdown.

Game services are resumed. As a reminder, you can further honor George Floyd and the many victims of America's racial injustices by joining us in donating to any of the organizations listed here: https://t.co/yIQu2R1pJb
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) June 4, 2020

We’ll continue to update this with any further developments and share them on the RedDeadNews twitter account @RedDeadRDC