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Users report not being able to log in to their Xbox Live accounts, effectively locking them out of playing most games.
Microsoft says a "major outage" at Xbox Live is keeping some users from logging in, and it's taking longer than expected to get the problem fixed. As noted by The Verge, the Xbox Support account on Twitter first acknowledged that "some users have been disconnected from Xbox Live" at around 3 pm ET.
Xbox Live is currently down, affecting thousands of gaming fans. Players who attempted to log into their accounts this afternoon found they were unable to sign in and play games as usual. Microsoft describes the incident as a “major outage” on its official Xbox Live status page.
Users reported not being able to log in to their Xbox Live accounts Tuesday, effectively locking them out of playing most games.
Some users found a workaround wherein they went into the Network Settings and told the Xbox to go offline. They were then able to go back online and sign into apps like Netflix an
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Microsoft reported sign-in issues with its Xbox Live gaming service on Tuesday, essentially blocking gamers from signing in to and playing PC and Xbox console games that used the service.
"We are aware that some users have been disconnected from Xbox Live," the official Xbox Support Twitter account said at 11:55am PT / 2:55pm ET / 7:55pm BT. "We're investigating! Please follow here and on our status page for updates.
Find out if Xbox Live is facing outages and what you may be able to do to fix them or monitor when it will be coming back online.