I do have to wonder if GTA 5 may be breaking launch-era concurrent player records but we may not know whether or not that’s the case, as sales are the main metric we usually hear out of them. So, the issues from player overload from the giveaway are affecting not just the game itself but Rockstar’s entire launcher.

We are actively working to resolve the issue and will keep you updated of any changes.” “Due to extremely high player volumes, we are currently experiencing issues with access to Rockstar Games Services including the Rockstar Games Launcher and GTAV for PC. Rockstar just issued the following statement after reports of trouble with the game’s online components surfaced: Welp, it seems that the massive surge of players from the Epic Store free giveaway has not only caused problems with the store itself, as it did on launch day, but also with GTA 5 on Rockstar’s side. If not, perhaps wait those 7-10 days, but it should arrive in short order. Again, the money may be delayed, but you should have access to this stuff now in your Epic Store version of the game if you’ve downloaded it for free this week. Starting from a flat zero is daunting, and may discourage some players for playing at all. The reason this pack exists is to give players at least some chance to feel at home with other players in the game that have been going for much longer and therefore have amassed way, way more stuff. This is a bunch of property and cars and weapons to get you well on your way. None of these are really going to break the game for you, but it is certainly an upgrade of what I got when I started GTA Online at launch which was…literally nothing.

Stunt Race & Import / Export Outfits, Biker Tattoos.

Keep in mind this is in GTA Online, not the base game: So in addition to the $1 million you get (which may be delayed, as seen in the above article), you will also land the following.

Rockstar says they value all of this at $10 million in-game dollars but who really knows.

Since I’ve gotten some questions on this, I thought I should detail what exactly you get in the Criminal Enterprise starter pack that comes with the Premium Edition of the game. This free game and these starter packs are giving players a taste of how they can be a criminal kingpin, and no doubt many will end up wanting more.Īgain, claim the game before next Thursday or you might never be able to find it for free again. It seems very clear that the ultimate goal of giving away the already best-selling game in the world for free on the Epic Store is to make more GTA Online converts, and get players to eventually spend real-life money in that mode once there’s something in the game they find they can’t live without.

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