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GRAND THEFT LOTTO

Rockstar launched Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy on November 11, 2020, just over 20 years after the launch of GTA III: one of the most important games in history. There were high expectations. But what no one expected was a catastrophe.

The launched and, remained unavailable to play or purchase for three days. Rockstar said the was, “Unavailable to play or purchase as we remove files unintentionally included in these versions.” This was one problem. The launch included a bunch of unlicensed music tracks and in-code developer comments. Even more unbelievably, some modders found the code for the infamous Hot Coffee minigame in .

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