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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KixaPosted:

I'm glad they extended it.
Now i have plenty of time to grab one of those special crates and a few extra gifts as well.

PanigalePosted:

I wish R* had snow on more than just Christmas.

WandPosted:

I was really upset that I couldn't recieve any of the Special Crate Drops, thankfully I can. Good move on Rockstar's part. Glad they actually worry about the customer.

_MarkPosted:

DeluxeHazard It is nice to see a company compensate its customers after LizardSquad ruined Christmas for many people. I am really going to miss the snowballs though. :(


I'm pretty sure snow is still going to be in gta v.

SwiftPosted:

Good to hear that its going to be going though January, I hope to have some time and be able to play this. Seems like fun.

SwiftPosted:

BENDZY Why on earth do the think there is need, too call a Christmas tree, a seasonal tree, that's idiotic.


Because if they call it a Christmas tree all the Jews and other religions will throw a hissy fit.

BENDZYPosted:

Why on earth do the think there is need, too call a Christmas tree, a seasonal tree, that's idiotic.

Nathan--Posted:

I wish I had the game to play this over christmas :(

DeluxeHazardPosted:

It is nice to see a company compensate its customers after LizardSquad ruined Christmas for many people. I am really going to miss the snowballs though. :(

SHEPHERFYPosted:

If they were being nice then we'd have heists. They have been lying to us since day one. Screw rockstar and all gamers. I'm getting tired of these "Gamers" nowadays. Believe anything the devs tell yall. Pathetic.


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