Xbox Live down: Xbox One gamers losing online connection, Microsoft confirm

Xbox Live down: Microsoft has confirmed core services are suffering an outage

Xbox Live down: Xbox One gamers losing online connection, Microsoft confirm

 

UPDATE ONE: The Xbox Live support team say they have engineers looking into tonight outage, that has been affecting fans for the last two hours.

"Having troubles signing into Xbox Live? Our teams are on the case," a message reads from Microsoft.

"We can't speculate on a timeframe."

There are currently no other features listed by Microsoft as being affected, although being unable to sign in leaves many of those service out of reach for fans.

The Xbox 360 console has not been listed by Microsoft as being affected and there has been no official explanation on what is causing the latest outage.

DDOS attack have caused havoc in the past, there is no indication that is the cause of the disruption today, however.

 

Fans in the UK and North America started reporting issues around 2pm today, revealing that they are unable to access core Xbox Live services.

Many are unable to sign in, meaning they can't play games either online or offline.

Microsoft has confirmed that they are aware of today's issues and are working to fix them as quickly as possible.

It follows a spate of online issues that have seen short outages in the last month, affecting both the Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles.

A report from Microsoft explains: "Hey Xbox members, are you having issues signing in to Xbox Live?

"We are aware of this and are working hard to get it resolved ASAP! Thank you for being patient in the meantime.

"We’ll post another update when more information becomes available."

The three services currently listed as problem areas for fans are the Xbox One, Xbox services on Windows 10 and Xbox on other devices.

Having troubles signing into Xbox Live? Our teams are on the case. Stay tuned to this page: https://t.co/99xfLMWcZW for more info.

— Xbox Support (1-5) (@XboxSupport) October 1, 2015

Xbox Live was suffered a similar outage earlier this week

One fan taken offline by the most recent outage, commented: "Was really excited about watching the new series scream on Netflix on my Xbox, but I guess now I will have to wait."
While another added: "Lost all 100 of my packets. Have no idea what a packet is but I'm not happy."
It follows an earlier drop in connection for Xbox One and Xbox 360 users this week, although it only lasted an hour for most gamers.
It is unclear how long the latest outage will last, it seems that people who were already logged into the service have not seen their connected dropped in all cases.

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— Xbox UK (@xboxuk) October 1, 2015