GTA 5 Online accounts and characters are getting utterly wiped on PS4, Xbox One, and PC by Rockstar Games. As it’s possible you’ll know, a cash glitch has been making the rounds, sometimes called the residence glitch. With the glitch, gamers may rack up large quantities of cash. And like each glitch of this selection previously, many gamers participated in it, and now these gamers accounts are being wiped of all their cash, or in some instances, their whole characters are being wiped.
As Rockstar Games reporter and insider Tez2 notes, those that utilized the glitched have been getting notified that their accounts have been cleaned to various levels relying on how typically the person has participated in glitches of this ilk. For instance, some gamers have solely had all of their cash wiped from their account. Others have misplaced their whole character and progress.
While this punishment could appear excessive, it isn’t new. Rockstar Games has been dealing with gamers that exploit glitches like this because the game got here out. In different phrases, gamers who participated in it could have been properly conscious of the results.
It seems to be an entire character wipe, all progress, cash and every little thing.#GTAOnline
— Tez2 (@TezFunz2) August 27, 2020
Some gamers who’ve made use of the glitch have not been banned but, but it surely’s seemingly solely a matter of time. Typically, Rockstar Games handles account wipes in waves. So, in case you escaped this wave, it seemingly means you’ll be hit within the subsequent wave.
At the second of publishing, the glitch remains to be doable, and it is unclear when a repair will arrive. In different phrases, you’ll be able to nonetheless make use of it, however until you wish to danger all the cash in your account or your whole character, it is best to keep away from it.
Rockstar Games has not issued any official touch upon the state of affairs, and it is unlikely it should, or on the very least it hasn’t commented on previous reset waves.
GTA Online is on the market, without spending a dime, to all Grand Theft Auto V house owners on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.