The Epic Games Store has been down for hours as everyone tries to get GTA V for free

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Get for Free: Grand Theft Auto V - Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Edition

The Epic Games Store has been counting down to the launch of an unnamed free title at 11AM ET today, and we learned last night that game would be Rockstar’s smash hit Grand Theft Auto V, thanks to an early tweet posted by Epic Games’ official Twitter account. However, since the clock passed 11AM ET, the Epic Games Store has been down entirely, presumably as people have been refreshing the site trying to claim the free game.

Epic acknowledged in an 11:05AM ET tweet and a 12:58PM ET tweet that the store has been experiencing issues:

 

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Oh geez! I actually want to know if the deal is still up after the crash. I've always wanted to play but am too poor. lol
As for Vitali's comment, some games even older ones can last awhile. Mario Kart Wii one of my favorite games as a kid, sold another 80,000 copies in the span from Sep 2019 to April this year, despite being released in 2007!
 

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a game from 2013 whats all the panic about?

Yea its popular because its free plus GTA V premium online edition unlike the standard..

The Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Online Edition - available for PS4, Xbox One and PC - includes the complete Grand Theft Auto V story experience, the ever evolving world of Grand Theft Auto Online, and all existing gameplay upgrades and content including The Doomsday Heist, Gunrunning, Smuggler’s Run, Bikers and much more.
You’ll also get the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack, the fastest way for new GTA Online players to jumpstart their criminal empires with the most exciting and popular content plus $1,000,000 bonus cash to spend in GTA Online - over GTA$10,000,000 in value.
 

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