Pardon our dust, as Eurogamer's comments system gets some maintenance
UPDATE: And we're back.
UPDATE 7/11/24: Hey everyone, thanks for your patience during the extended comments downtime during the past week. Things took longer than we were expecting, but it's great to see so many familiar names back in action now.
We've been keeping an eye on your feedback since comments returned, so please do shout if you spot anything funky-looking. If you encounter a technical issue, it's always helpful to know your browser setup, too.
ORIGINAL STORY 31/10/24: Hey everyone, Tom here. We're doing a bit of work this week on Eurogamer's comments section, which will mean a short period when the ability to leave a comment will be paused.
Do not worry if you cannot leave a comment during this time! You have not been banned. (Unless you are banned, in which case, do not worry either - for you it's business as usual.)
We're changing our comments software behind the scenes, is the gist of it. For you, little should change - your user accounts, post history and Likes will be ported over. It's this porting work that's going to take a bit of time (I'm told there are 9.7m comments to bring over, which is quite a lot!) so do bear with us and accept our apologies for this brief intermission.
We're expecting the commenting pause to begin today, Wednesday 30th. [UPDATE: Maintenance is taking longer than planned, so we're now expecting comments to return early next week. If you want to say hi in the meantime, you can find us on the Eurogamer Discord. Apologies for the delay!]
Hope to see you in the (new) comments soon - and thanks, as always, for reading.