Rockstar extends GTA Online's Christmas gift due to XBL, PSN outage

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If you had trouble opening your Christmas Day inventory gifts in Grand Theft Auto Online, you weren't alone. Between apparent DDoS attacks and the likely holiday rush of player traffic, Xbox Live and PlayStation Network have suffered connectivity issues over the past few days. Rockstar Games is no Grinch however – in recognition of the downtime seen with online services, the developer is extending its Christmas day gift-giving streak "for the time being."

Rockstar's initial press release specified that a seasonal tree for GTA Online apartments is among its Christmas Day bundle, but it also encouraged players to check their inventory for "a few extra gifts." The festivities will continue on for New Year's, offering firework launchers to help welcome 2015, and the celebratory chaos will be available through January 5.

At the time of this writing, the outlook for presents is good – a status page for Xbox Live is currently showing green lights for online play.

Update: The PlayStation Network has gone offline since this story was published. Recent activity from the Ask PlayStation Twitter account notes that an estimated revival time cannot be given, but adds that engineers are currently working on resolving the issue. We recommend keeping an eye on Ask PlayStation and also checking the related status page before making plans to play on PSN.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/12/27/rockstar-extends-gta-onlines-christmas-gift-window-due-to-xbl/

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NeeksRoyalPosted:

Okay at least rockstar is being nice to people

The-ProfessorPosted:

xxRider702xx Im going to miss the snow and snowball kills. :l


I agree with you to dude.. It would be pretty cool if they had snow vehicles in the game lol

imagine-Posted:

Dang, wish i had this. I used to have it on my old console until it broke.

AqplePosted:

Only if I had the game ! Didn't get a chance to buy it on boxing day sales for next gen /:

LifeofaThoroughbredPosted:

YouKissGirls I wish they would extend the snow online, just because I've missed it the last two years :(


you only misses last year and next year.

bsmPosted:

Grimgaz Glad that sony actually cares about there players or makes it seem like they enjoy there Players


Sony didn't do anything. Rockstar did it, it's their game.

YouKissGirlsPosted:

I wish they would extend the snow online, just because I've missed it the last two years :(

xxRider702xxPosted:

Im going to miss the snow and snowball kills. :l

GrimgazPosted:

Glad that sony actually cares about there players or makes it seem like they enjoy there Players

EarnPosted:

A-10 The thing that im confused about is that the snow looks AMAZING. like it looks like they didnt rush it at all and all theyre going to do is keep it for a couple of days and get rid of it for next year? Why not have an option in a private lobby if you want snow or not...


That would be awesome but they want to make the snow a special one of thing so it gets more people on when the snows on, although It would be pretty cool if they made it so during Winter you can choose to have it snow or not.


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