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[Update] Rockstar Says That GTA Online Services Are Operating 'As Normal'
Update: Good news, heist fans. Rockstar is sounding the all-clear on GTA Online.
The company posted a note on Twitter saying that everything is working as intended. "Full access has been restored to GTA Online and all services have resumed as normal," the company writes. We'll continue to monitor throughout the day.
Original Story:
Today marks the launch of online heists for Grand Theft Auto V, and players are having trouble getting online to play.
Rockstar has posted an update on its website committing to getting players access to the new content as quickly as it can.
We are aware of some issues today with players having problems connecting to GTA Online, as well as issues with the Xbox Live service. We are working to restore full access to GTA Online as quickly as possible. In the meantime, please stay tuned to this page to monitor the performance of all platforms.
This is the page Rockstar is referring to in its post, which currently shows online play being being limited on all platforms.
The downtime affected our own plans for the online heists (aside from playing it on order to offer our impressions). We had planned to do a Grand Theft Auto Online live stream, but had to switch over to Mario Party 10 when we were not able to connect online earlier today.
[Source: Rockstar]
Our Take
I didn't expect Grand Theft Auto Online to experience these issues with this latest update, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised considering the track record of so many online games in the last year. As it turns out, when one of the the best-selling games of all time gets a huge patch of new content, a lot of people are going to want to play it. It just goes to show how excited fans are for getting back online and playing more Grand Theft Auto Online. Hopefully the server issues will be cleared up soon.
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