Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has been a huge success, financially and critically, for the video game publisher, but GTA V’s recently launched online component has been disastrous, with many people unable to even access it, and unhappy with the glitches when they were finally able to play. To atone for the problems, Rockstar will be depositing $500,000 “stimulus packages” into the accounts of anyone who has tried logging into GTA Online in October. [official announcement]

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