Outriders lay down and does not get up: server problems have been observed on all platforms for the second day

Released yesterday, the co-op RPG shooter Outriders appears to be more popular than Square Enix, and People Can Fly expected. The influx of players was so great that the project’s servers lay down for all platforms.

Even though Outriders is a co-op game with up to three people per session and not an MMO, Square Enix and People Can Fly have faced several networking issues since day one. Both yesterday and today, users complain about unstable server operations: problems with logging in, connecting with friends, latency, and disconnections.

The Outriders team is working diligently to address all of these issues. It’s not immediately clear what causes them, but it looks like the project uses P2P (peer-to-peer network) for multiplayer. This means that one player in the lobby is the host for their friends.

• “We are continuing to investigate server issues. Some players may return online, but this is not guaranteed, ” wrote People Can Fly at 21:10 GMT.
• “Our team continues to work around the clock to address these issues. We understand how unpleasant this situation can be and sincerely appreciate your patience, ” she added at 21:36 GMT.
• At 22:18 UTC, the studio wrote that server issues are still under investigation: “We apologize for taking longer than expected to get back online – we are doing everything we can to protect ourselves from such issues in the future, and therefore exploring root causes, not treating symptoms. “
• Finally, at 22:49 Moscow time, the studio published a  message that it will shut down the servers to solve the problems that have arisen: “A complete shutdown will allow us to rebuild and restore the server infrastructure to return it to a working and stable state. “

  Outriders are out on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and S. The game supports cross-platform multiplayer and is also available Xbox Game Pass subscribers for consoles.