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Early GTA Online players are quids in as Rockstar’s in-game cash injection goes live. The $500,000 cash bundle is being offered by Rockstar as a peace offering for the game’s bumpy launch, which caused players a variety of issues including characters being deleted into the nether. Anyone who signed into …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V getting Beach Bum Pack and Online Content Creator
Rockstar has announced some new content it is making available for owners of Grand Theft Auto 5 next month. The Beach Bum Pack will be the first add-on and will introduce all-new beach themed vehicles and new weaponry that you’ll be able to use in both GTA Online and Story …
Read More »No GTA Online payout until all bugs are ironed out
Rockstar has told Grand Theft Auto V players that their GTA Online cash boost has been a little delayed. The developer last week said that all players of the game will see their GTA Online character credited with $500,000 of in-game currency to make up for the technical woes that …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto Online players get $500k of free in-game currency
Rockstar is set to give each Grand Theft Auto Online player $500,000 of in-game currency as compensation for its server issues. The deposits will be made in two payments, each of $250,000, and only applies to GTA Online players who have played the game during October. The developer said it …
Read More »Latest Grand Theft Auto Online patch pledges to fix disappearing characters
Rockstar reckons its latest Grand Theft Auto V patch will finally resolve the issue causing lost characters, items and progress in Grand Theft Auto Online. Available now on both Xbox 360 and PS3, the patch also addresses a host of other niggles with the Online game, although Rockstar says that …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto Online is fixed! Although Rockstar still investigating missing items
The good news is that Grand Theft Auto Online is now working. The bad news is that there are still issues with players losing their items. A patch released late last week for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Grand Theft Auto V seems to have largely resolved …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto Online reportedly corrupting single-player saves
Oh dear. Problems accessing the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto Online were always to be expected. But fresh reports suggest an altogether more troubling issue is materialising. Some users are claiming that not only are they unable to access the game’s new online functions, but that doing so is corrupting …
Read More »Shock – Grand Theft Auto Online servers are struggling
In news that should surprise not a single living soul, Grand Theft Auto Online is struggling to cope with the colossal demand being put on it by eager gamers. Just as Rockstar warned would be the case just last week, the internet is awash with reports of failed login attempts, …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto Online now available
UPDATE:GTA Online is now live on Xbox 360. It is expected to go live on PS3 at any moment. ORIGINAL STORY: Rockstar reckons Grand Theft Auto Online will go live and 12pm today UK time. The game will be made available to owners of Grand Theft Auto V via what …
Read More »GTA Online launch imminent on XBLA, PSN
Grand Theft Auto V’s multiplayer mode is set to land as part of a small” title update later today on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network. The downloadable patch is expected to go live for both consoles at around 7 a.m. Eastern US time, according to Rockstar’s post – though …
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