Game of Thrones fans outraged as HBO stream fails them during season 8 premiere
Game of Thrones fans who had patiently waited two years to see their favourite characters back on screen were last night (14 April) left waiting a little longer.
Both HBO’s live streaming platform, along with Hulu, crashed in the United States.
The website Down Detector, who monitor outages, reported that HBO GO was having issues at 8:35pm ET (1:35am BST) – just 25 minutes before the season eight premiere was scheduled to begin.
The disturbance seemed to have continued during the episode as fans cursed the New and Old Gods as they struggled to access the episode.
#hbogodown got everyone like: pic.twitter.com/OqHACiSf2n
— Mothering the Storm w/ Lacy Estelle (@LacyEstelle)
You’re killing me @HBO!!!! Surely you knew millions of people would be tuning in!? Why are you not prepared for this??? 😩 #GOT8 #hbogodown
— Alice Panikian (@alicepanikian)
You had 2 fu...ing years to prepare for this massive streaming and #hbogodown at GOT season 8 premiere!! 🤬🖕🏼
— Carola Tamayo (@CarolaTmy)
TypeError: Cannot read property ‘play’ of undefined @HBO_CZSK #hbogodown pic.twitter.com/xmiTQdp05K
— Adam Segíň (@Seg0_14)
🤬😡You had TWO YEARS @hbogo #hbogodown #ForTheThrone
— Elisa 👩🚀 (@astronaut_bunny)
Andddd HBO go is failing me on the most important season premiere 🙄 😭 @GameOfThrones #HBOGO #hbogodown
— Jennifer Norberg (@Jbaybay)
Whyyyyy #HBOGO ??? Can’t watch #GOT #hbogodown pic.twitter.com/ey9eRxZ7Ei
— LA B€R€ L0P€Z (@labere_lopez)
Entertainment Weekly reports that HBO were expecting 16.5 million people to be tuning into Game of Thrones’s long-awaited return.
The reunion-heavy first episode featured a hilarious reference to last season’s controversial Ed Sheeran cameo as well as a terrifying death at the hands of the Night King.
The final season of Game of Thrones continues every Sunday. You can watch the trailer for season two here.
The show will be available on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV in the UK.