GTA Online had some netcode issues plaguing players on its rollout, leading to a lot of patches being released so as to stabilize the experience. Apart from working to repair these issues, Rockstar Games is additionally rewarding players for not abandoning them in the course of the rough launch. To expose their affection, the developers are making it rain within the bank accounts of GTA Online players everywhere. Called “the stimulus package,” could be within the type of digital money-no, not Bitcoin-within the amount of half 1,000,000 dollars.

The money would be dispersed via two virtual deposits; each for $250,000. To qualify for Rockstar’s thanks , players must meet right here criteria:

You must play or have played Grand Theft Auto Online at any time throughout the month of October 2013 so that it will qualify for the GTA$500,000 deposit on your in-game checking account.

Players will first need to install a forthcoming GTAV title update which we think to happen next week. That title update (1.04) is anticipated to mend the remainder instances of issues that experience caused vehicle purchase loss and also will enable the functionality wherein we’ll be providing this GTA$ stimulus cash to players.

We will announce on the Rockstar Newswire when each deposit is made.

Each of the 2 GTA$250,000 deposits can be made by Rockstar and will automatically appear within the in-game GTA Online bank accounts of eligible players. Beyond downloading the forthcoming title update mentioned above, there shouldn’t be any additional special action required by eligible players to redeem.

For people that qualify, but haven’t received their money, Rockstar offers the subsequent:

We expect that it’ll take in to two full days for the Stimulus Package to be fully dropped at the total player base from October 2013, so please wait and see in case you don’t see it appearing to your in-game checking account just yet. We’re going to update this post on Friday once we expect all of the GTA$ Stimulus Package deposits to had been completed.

With all of that during mind, what do you intend on doing with all that digital money? Did Rockstar go far enough to make up for his or her launch day blues?

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