Game of Thrones season 4 premiere crashes HBO GO

Game of Thrones season 4 premier was so popular it crashed the online streaming system HBO GO.

HBO’s US online streaming service HBO GO was hit with technical errors due to heavy demand for Game of Thrones last night, leaving fans angry and frustrated.

Users took to Twitter to express their disappointment, as they were presented with ‘fatal error’ messages when trying to load the live stream of the show’s season four debut.

HBO also took to the microblogging website to apologise and urged customers to watch on-demand once the show has aired or catch the replay.

In a statement, the network said: “HBO GO did experience issues due to overwhelming demand around the premiere of Game of Thrones.

“The service has returned to several platforms and we are working hard towards full recovery, which we expect soon.”

HBO GO experienced similar problems during the finale of True Detective last month.

Game of Thrones airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO in the US and Mondays at 9pm on Sky Atlantic in the UK.