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

Roblox has been getting plenty of attention in the last few months. Now, fans are concerned the game’s shutting down forever.

According to Down Detector, the problems started at around 14:30 BST, and affected players globally. Roblox is yet to comment on the cause of the outage but services have now been restored.

Video game maker Roblox was down for tens of thousands of users in the United States on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

The rumors that Roblox is shutting down emerged as lawsuits allege the gaming platform is not a safe environment for minors.