Following the technical issues that have marred the launch of GTA Online, Rockstar is hoping to make amends by compensating players with a sizeable sum of money.
The ‘special stimulus package' will be given to all players who have played, or will play, GTA Online this month. 500,000 GTA$ will be paid in two instalments (in order to keep the economy balanced), with the first deposit to be made by the end of next week (and the second by the end of the month).
"For players who experienced cloud server errors, connection issues, and lost game progress and characters in these first days of GTA Online, we hope this GTA$ helps to facilitate a fresh start or makes your continued life in Los Santos and Blaine County extra sweet," reads the update on Newswire.
Here's how it will work according to Rockstar:
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.