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The digital video game market Epic Games Store included the game Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) for free on May 14. Shortly after the game went online for free, an increase in users led to heavy traffic causing slowdowns and error messages on the Epic Store website and startup app. Epic recognized the problems and said it is working to fix them. According to the most recent tweet from the official Epic Games Store account, most users should be able to access the Epic Games Store and the launcher. Also, a Reddit post claims that the next set of free games coming to the Epic store may have already leaked.
Epic Games Store often offers free games as a “mystery game” that users can download and save forever. This time, it featured Grand Theft Auto V as the free game until May 21, and naturally a lot of people turned to the online store’s website and home app to get the game. This caused a lot of traffic on Epic’s servers, leading to slowdowns, bugs, and Epic Games Launcher crash. Due to the popularity of GTA V even though it is 7 years old, the swarm of users who still want to download the game is not a surprise. GTA V is also available for free in India and you have until May 21 to download the game and keep it forever.
in a cheep Shortly after users reported the issues, Epic recognized the issues and said it was working on a solution. Followed with another cheep suggesting that some users still face some problems. Finally, from the morning of May 15, the company shared that it has “implemented updates to provide resolution to these issues” and that most users should be able to access the Epic Games Store website and launcher. “We will continue to monitor traffic and provide updates if more problems are found. Thanks for your continued patience! ”Added the tweet.
Also, a shared image on Reddit seems to leak upcoming free games on the Epic Games Store. These include Civilization 6, which is expected to arrive on May 21, Borderlands – The Handsome Collection, which is expected on May 28, and ARK Survival Evolved, which is expected to arrive on June 4. All three games are quite popular, and if this leak turns out to be true, a lot of people will flock to the Epic Games Store once again.
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