Earlier, in order to combat the technical problems in GTA Online, Rockstar halted purchasable cash packs for the game. Now, it will reward all GTA Online players with $500,000.
Players will receive the money in two deposits of $250,000. The first deposit is slated for later this week, and the next at the end of the month.
Rockstar says that it the money will go toward allowing players – who have experienced cloud server errors, connection issues, and lost game progress and characters – to start a fresh life of crime.
Rockstar also laid out the following details regarding the stim pack:
– 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.
GTA 5, Rockstar Games’ biggest video game release ever, was released on September 17. Exactly two weeks later, GTA Online was released.
