Xbox Says Day-Long Outage Is Resolved. You Should Be Able to Log In, Play Again
ET: Xbox says the outage "should now be mitigated," and "You should once again be able to launch games, sign in, and complete purchases." It did not offer details on what happened, but urged gamers to "let us know if anything still looks off."UPDATE 5:30 p.m. ET: Xbox says it's "making progress on recovery" and that "most players should be able to launch titles and complete purchases again." However, it warns that, "Some may still see occasional failures as we finish up."UPDATE 5 p.m. ET: As we hit the end of the workday on the East Coast, it's still looking rough for Xbox.
- ▪ET: Xbox says the outage "should now be mitigated," and "You should once again be able to launch games, sign in, and complete purchases." It did not offer details on what happened, but urged gamers to "let us know if anything still looks of
- ▪ET: Xbox says it's "making progress on recovery" and that "most players should be able to launch titles and complete purchases again." However, it warns that, "Some may still see occasional failures as we finish up."UPDATE 5 p.m.
- ▪ET: As we hit the end of the workday on the East Coast, it's still looking rough for Xbox.
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UPDATE 7 p.m. ET: Xbox says the outage "should now be mitigated," and "You should once again be able to launch games, sign in, and complete purchases." It did not offer details on what happened, but urged gamers to "let us know if anything still looks off."UPDATE 5:30 p.m. ET: Xbox says it's "making progress on recovery" and that "most players should be able to launch titles and complete purchases again." However, it warns that, "Some may still see occasional failures as we finish up."UPDATE 5 p.m. ET: As we hit the end of the workday on the East Coast, it's still looking rough for Xbox. "Xbox incident update — thanks for your continued patience. Our engineers are still working to identify a fix, and we'll share more as soon as we can," the support account tweeted.
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