A number of GTA Online players have had a frightful shock when they logged in to find that their accounts, some having been active for seven years, having had their in-game progress reset after Rockstar decided to ban GTA Online‘s ‘Apartment Garage Glitch’.
The exploit in question is known in GTA Online’s community as the ‘Apartment Garage Glitch’. This glitch allowed players to trick the game into giving them millions of dollars by exploiting Property trade-ins. Videos that shared the information on how to perform the exploit received Copywrite strikes on Youtube from the game’s publisher Take-Two Interactive. As with many other cheats and exploits, those who have been caught using them have had their account’s progress reset, with some players having their whole accounts had been banned outright.
Needless to say, that many of those who have used the ‘Apartment Garage Glitch’ are mighty livid to discover that they have been punished. So far, outside an official statement on the matter, Rockstar has yet to comment further on the response from said players. Of course, it could have been worse; they could have ended up like one particular cheater who was ordered to pay Take-Two $150,000 in damages.
Originally releasing in 2013, Grand Theft Auto Online is an online multiplayer action-adventure game that originally took place before the events of the main game. Though in recent years, it has moved the timeline further to the years after the events of GTA V. The game allows players to create their own characters and compete against other users in the game’s open world and various missions to gain cash to buy a variety of in-game items and properties. In recent updates, players have been able to rob banks, start their own illegal businesses, and even run a night club. A new major update has been teased by Rockstar for release this year; what that will translate to exactly is uncertain at this point.
What do you think about the news of this new ban wave? Are you happy to see the cheaters go? Did you use the ‘Apartment Garage Glitch’ and feel unfairly punished? Let us know in the comments below.
Joanna
I’m totally broken, as this was the only one I’ve never done and believe after speaking with friend it was ok to buy property and sell them, as it was part of the game – I understand i did wrong but to take away everything I had worked for over the 8 year has made me not turn on my PS4 since as GTAV was the game I played for so long 😔
Chris Hall
Thank you for the comment, I am sorry to hear that this has screwed you over as much as it has. Sadly with any exploit like this it gets shared around (especially certain sections of Youtube) as though its a totally legit and consequence free only for you to find it isn’t. I once found myself getting mislead about an exploit with TF2 back in the day so I get your disappointment.