The Epic Games store went offline Thursday morning as users await the launch of Rockstar Games & # 39; Grand Theft Auto 5 free on the platform overloading its servers. News of free game releases blazed late Wednesday on the Epic Games Store Twitter account.
The website and launcher both went down just before 11 a.m. EDT, where the Premium Edition for the Windows PC game was scheduled to go live. "We are currently dealing with a number of vehicles at Epic Games stores, Epic Games said on Twitter.
“We know users are likely to encounter slow loading times, 500 errors, or start crashes at this time and we are working hard to measure. We'll give you an update as soon as possible. ”
High traffic seems to have it and knocked Fortnite offline servers, and issues affecting "Launcher entry and in-game purchases," according to twitter from Fortnite Status account.
Just after 11 p.m. EDT – more than 12 hours from the first release – Epic reported that its Launcher and website were back online. Update from Fortnite Status account at 8:25 p.m. EDT has confirmed that these issues have been resolved, too.
We've posted updates to provide a fix for these issues, and more users should be able to access the Epic Games store and launcher by this time. We will continue to monitor traffic and provide updates if any problems occur. Thank you for your continued patience!
– Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) May 15, 2020
"We've posted updates to provide a solution to these problems, and most users should be able to access the Epic Games Store and Launcher at this time," Epic tweeted. “We will continue to monitor traffic and provide updates when additional problems occur. Thank you for your continued patience! ”
Although I am six and a half years old, GTA 5 it is obviously still very popular. It's more than just a free game acquisition, too: 2019 has been one of Rockstar's best selling games GTA 5. GTA 5 it was first released in September 2013 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and again in 2014 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. In 2015, it came to Windows PC. With the launch of the PC, the game has gained new audiences through event modding and Grand Theft Auto Online. The popularity of the game on Twitch was reopened last year by role-playing servers on GTA Online.
The influence of GTA Online is expanded beyond its recent servers, when an in-game battle between the blue and purple aliens took over YouTube and TikTok. GTA 5Online communities are incredibly sophisticated (although sometimes very bad) and it is not surprising that people are willing to join them.
Renewal (May 15): The Epic Games store is back online. We have updated this story to reflect this information.
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