GTA 5: Epic Games servers collapse, the Store stops for a few hours

After the launch of the bombshell that has shocked (positively speaking) millions of players around the world, the servers of epic Games they responded with a crash. It seems that the free release of the famous Rockstar title has unleashed millions of users by causing the servers not to be able to handle the huge traffic. Though the alarm went off after a few hours, and everything is back to normal, many users who have tried to access from the web have received the error "403 Forbidden": which means that the server has received the connection, but has not been able to provide an adequate response to the user.

The concept was similar for the Epic Games launcher, where even trying to access the homepage, the response obtained by users in that period of time was a slow and interminable loading, which subsequently tended to result in a Spanish version of the launcher. The same fate, or the almost infinite loading, has fallen to those who have reached the GTA 5 screen in the shop that we remember will be available for free until 21 May, and who have tried to access the offer. Epic Games immediately offered its sincere apologies through a tweet, which as usual we are attaching at the bottom.

We are currently experiencing heavy traffic on the Epic Games Store. We are aware that users may experience slow load times, 500 errors or launcher crashes at this time, and we are actively working to improve the situation. We will update you as soon as possible.

With the traffic that currently sees such problems limited and the emergency ended, we refer you to this link, from where to get the copy of GTA 5.

We are currently experiencing high traffic on the Epic Games Store.

We are aware that users may be encountering slow loading times, 500 errors, or launcher crashing at this time and we are actively working to scale. We'll provide an update as soon as we can.

- Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) May 14, 2020