Ready to cop some new Beamer, Benz or Bentley’s in Grand Theft Auto V Online? Rockstar Games issued a major apology for the failed initial rollout of GTAV Online, which was plagued by many bugs and exploits that ruined the first few days of the addition. Many gamers (even writers behind-the-scenes here as well) complained about the online having major issues regarding lost game progress, saved characters and server problems to name a few, which prompted Rockstar Games to make up for their botch.
Next week, players who hit the GTA V Online open world in the month of October, will be granted $500,000 of in-game currency to bank accounts to spend, as part of the “we’re sorry” stimulus package. The same amount can be purchased for $10 in real world currency, but those who refuse to dump any more in the game before we get some DLC next spring should enjoy the half of a million free of charge from Rockstar Games.
Check after the jump to view the full details regarding the new October stimulus package.
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‘Don’t Spend It All in One Place!’
In order to keep the current worldwide in-game economy balanced, we will be providing this GTA$ to players via two deposits of $250,000. We will announce specific dates as soon as possible, but are currently hoping to be able to make the first deposit by the end of next week (after we’ve confirmed that issues causing game progress loss have been fixed) with the second installment to happen by the end of the month. For players who experienced cloud server errors, connection issues, and lost game progress and characters in these first days of GTA Online, we hope this GTA$ helps to facilitate a fresh start or makes your continued life in Los Santos and Blaine County extra sweet.
Below are a few more details on how it will work. Stay tuned for tips on how to make the most of GTA$ cash, info on ways and places to earn more cash fast, as well as updates on all the new GTA Online content additions we’re working on for this fall and beyond.
- You must play or have played Grand Theft Auto Online at any time during the month of October 2013 in order to qualify for the GTA$500,000 deposit in your in-game bank account.
- Players will first have to install a forthcoming GTAV title update which we expect to happen next week. That title update (1.04) is expected to fix the remaining instances of issues that have caused vehicle purchase loss and will also enable the functionality through which we’ll be providing this GTA$ stimulus cash to players.
- We will announce at the Rockstar Newswire when each deposit is made.
- Each of the two GTA$250,000 deposits will be made by Rockstar and should automatically appear in the in-game GTA Online bank accounts of eligible players. Beyond downloading the forthcoming title update mentioned above, there should not be any additional special action required by eligible players to redeem.