Xbox Live servers down as thousands impacted by log in issues and online multiplayer crashes in ‘major outage’ --[Reported by Umva mag]

WHAT appeared to be scheduled maintenance has quickly turned into a widespread Xbox outage, with thousands blocked from gaming. More than 8,800 Xbox players have reported issues with the network on DownDetector since 12pm BST in the UK and US alone. Xbox was supposed to be undergoing planned maintenance on The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel UnlimitedElder Scrolls Online Xbox was supposed to be undergoing planned maintenance on The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited on 2 October, according to its server status site. The maintenance, which applies to Xbox Series XS, Xbox One and cloud gaming, was expected to cause problems launching games until 5pm BST. However, many people on social media said the gaming network was having more widespread issues, as gamers struggled to log in and access the Xbox store. “Think ya’ll need to look into Xbox servers being down,” one X user wrote. “I don’t know about anyone else but the store ain’t loading.” Another said: “Looks like Xbox took down all their own servers to update this.” While a third added: “I can’t sign in at all, I think your servers are down.” ‘Major outage’ Xbox has since updated its server status to reflect a “major outage” affecting accounts, online gaming and multiplayer matches. Xbox has identified the issue and is now working to roll out a fix. The outage has stopped gamers from being able to sign-in to their Xbox accounts on their console, the Xbox website, Windows PCs, and even on Android and iOS devices. Gamers have also been blocked from joining parties, receiving party invites, and are being booted from groups after joining on all devices. Cloud-based matches may also crash without warning after a game begins. In a statement on X, Xbox Support wrote: “We are aware users are experiencing issues with sign-in, launching games, and joining parties. “Support teams currently are looking into this, and we will provide an update here and on our status page.” When will Xbox be working again? It's unclear when Xbox services will be back up and running. The gaming giant is currently investigating the outage, which affects three key services: Account sign-ins Joining parties Launching cloud games Xbox will update its server status website with any updates here.

Oct 4, 2024 - 17:55

Xbox Live servers down as thousands impacted by log in issues and online multiplayer crashes in ‘major outage’ --[Reported by Umva mag]

WHAT appeared to be scheduled maintenance has quickly turned into a widespread Xbox outage, with thousands blocked from gaming.

More than 8,800 Xbox players have reported issues with the network on DownDetector since 12pm BST in the UK and US alone.

The Elder Scrolls Online - Reveal trailer — Xbox was supposed to be undergoing planned maintenance on The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited

Xbox was supposed to be undergoing planned maintenance on The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited on 2 October, according to its server status site.

The maintenance, which applies to Xbox Series XS, Xbox One and cloud gaming, was expected to cause problems launching games until 5pm BST.

However, many people on social media said the gaming network was having more widespread issues, as gamers struggled to log in and access the Xbox store.

“Think ya’ll need to look into Xbox servers being down,” one X user wrote.

“I don’t know about anyone else but the store ain’t loading.”

Another said: “Looks like Xbox took down all their own servers to update this.”

While a third added: “I can’t sign in at all, I think your servers are down.”

‘Major outage’

Xbox has since updated its server status to reflect a “major outage” affecting accounts, online gaming and multiplayer matches.

Xbox has identified the issue and is now working to roll out a fix.

The outage has stopped gamers from being able to sign-in to their Xbox accounts on their console, the Xbox website, Windows PCs, and even on Android and iOS devices.

Gamers have also been blocked from joining parties, receiving party invites, and are being booted from groups after joining on all devices.

Cloud-based matches may also crash without warning after a game begins.

In a statement on X, Xbox Support wrote: “We are aware users are experiencing issues with sign-in, launching games, and joining parties.

“Support teams currently are looking into this, and we will provide an update here and on our status page.”

When will Xbox be working again?

It's unclear when Xbox services will be back up and running.

The gaming giant is currently investigating the outage, which affects three key services:

Account sign-ins
Joining parties
Launching cloud games

Xbox will update its server status website with any updates here.

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