'Grand Theft Auto V' free video game giveaway crashes Epic Games online store

Epic Games had an offer PC gamers couldn't refuse: The video game publisher's online store would give away free copies of "Grand Theft Auto V" beginning Thursday. But demand proved to be so high that it crashed the game downloading service. Epic Games, which also makes the hugely popular online game "Fortnite," has been releasing a free game weekly through its online store. It plans to continue giving "GTA V" away until May 21. But soon after the giveaway began Thursday, Epic Games tweeted "We are currently experiencing high traffic on the Epic Games Store. We'll provide an update as soon as we can."