Epic Games Store crashes after announcing a free GTA V

5/14/2020, 7:33:59 PM

Visitors to the site of the store Epic Games Store may encounter problems in the operation of the resource due to increased load. This was reported in the press service of the company. This happened after the announcement of the free distribution of the game GTA V.

“The Epic Games store is under heavy load right now,” the Twitter post said.

The company noted that users may experience slow page loading, 500 errors, or a crash in the startup program.

“We understand that many users cannot open the Epic Games store and launcher. We thank you for your patience and continue to work on troubleshooting, ”they added.

We understand that many users cannot open the Epic Games store and launcher. We thank you for your patience and continue to work on troubleshooting.

- Epic Games RU (@EpicGamesRU) May 14, 2020

GTA V is an open-world computer game published by Rockstar Games. The game was released in the fall of 2013.