Rockstar Apologizes for 'GTA Online' Glitches with Lots of Free (Fake) Money

Today in Virtual Damage Control news: one of the biggest rollout campaigns of the year inspired so much web traffic that tech snafus prevented people from seeing whether the product at hand really works or not. The responsible company’s solution: wiring millions of digital dollars to nerds around the world.

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Rockstar Games attempted to minimize the collective groan that followed Grand Theft Auto V Online’s glitchy debut by giving each affected user half a million virtual bucks to buy all the new outfits, haircuts and rocket launchers he could ever want.

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