Gamers around the world were shocked around the weekend when the popular online video game Roblox suddenly shut down worldwide for three days. The outage was temporary and was back up on November 1.

No, rumors of Roblox getting shut down are false despite viral social media claims.

Roblox is one of the biggest games in the world but despite its success, rumours are consistently percolating over whether it’s being shut down or not.

The rumors come amid Louisiana's lawsuit against Roblox, alleging it has failed to protect child users from predators.

There are rumors circulating that Roblox will be banned on Sept. 1? So is Roblox actually shutting down? Here's the truth and what's happening.

Why is Roblox down? According to robloxstatus.com, the root cause of the outage has been determined as an internal system issue, and a fix is currently being implemented.