Rockstar has been forced to pull Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition from sale on the PC because it’s currently unplayable.
As IGN reports, the fault isn’t with the games, but with Rockstar’s requirement that the Rockstar Games Launcher be used to play them. The Launcher stopped working yesterday and has been down for over 15 hours now. It means anyone who purchased the trilogy on launch day yesterday is unable to play any of the three games until Rockstar gets the launcher working again.
The Rockstar Support Twitter account explained that the Launcher is “temporarily offline for maintenance” and that “Services will return as soon as maintenance is completed.” It’s very unlikely the developer would plan maintenance and downtime on the same day it was launching a trilogy of games, so this looks to be a serious problem Rockstar as yet hasn’t been willing to share details about publicly.
PC gamers are obviously quite frustrated and angry about this and want to know when they can play the games they just purchased. Rockstar continues to be tight-lipped about the situation, with a more recent support tweet simply stating, “We thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue to work on restoring services for the Rockstar Games Launcher and supported titles.”
