With today (September 23) marking the arrival of a brand new GTA Online update, fans around the world are eager to discover what will be arriving to the game later today. But with thousands of players reporting issues, are the GTA Online servers down?

If you're experiencing issues connecting to GTA Online servers today (September 23), then don't worry as you're not alone. Here's everything you need to know about the sudden outage, and when the game is expected to come back online.

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Is GTA Online Down Today? (September 23)

UPDATE: According to the Rockstar Games website, all services should now be restored and GTA Online should be fully functional once again.

ORIGINAL STORY: In short, yes, GTA Online is experiencing server issues across PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, meaning the servers are in fact down.

If you're unable to connect to GTA Online right now, there's no need to worry as this is a worldwide issue and isn't a problem with your internet connection or game.

The outage began at around 7AM BST, and with the latest weekly update going live later today, fans are eager to know what has caused the outage and when they'll be able to jump into the new update.

Unfortunately, Rockstar Games are yet to comment on the server outage but their official Server Status website has been updated to acknowledge the issue.

Of course, although no comment has arrived from Rockstar Games, you can expect the developers to be working flat out to resolve the issue. It's not currently known how long the servers will be down for, but these issues don't usually last more than a few hours.

We will ensure to update this article the moment the GTA Online servers come back online.

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When Is The Weekly Update?

The latest GTA Online update is expected to go live at 10AM BST, but with the current outage, this may be delayed by a short period of time.

If the servers come back online prior to the release of the weekly update, fans can expect it to be business as usual with it releasing at 10AM BST.