Rockstar working "diligently" on GTA Online issues

To say that there's been some teething issues surrounding the launch of GTA Online - the multiplayer component of Grand Theft Auto V - would be a bit of an understatement. Players have been losing progress, paid-for content, and there's been plenty of bugs hindering people's progress.

The latest post on Newswire acknowledges many of the issues currently being experienced by users, and stresses that the studio are working hard to remedy them: "We have received reports from some players who experienced losing characters, progress, items, and/or in-game cash during the first few days after release. We are working diligently to identify and correct the causes for these losses, as well as to establish how best to restore any lost progress and value."

In the same post Rockstar reveals a laundry list of technical issues and problems, many of which became immediately apparent last week when GTAO went online. According to the latest update, many of these issues still remain: "We experienced some instability on PlayStation 3 around 11:00 AM ET and service was restored at 12:30 PM ET.  Another issue was seen on both platforms just before 4:00 PM ET and was resolved shortly after.  We have not forgotten about players who reported (and who continue to report) issues with lost characters, items, apartments, cars, or in-game money."