Microsoft Azure Outage Affects Xbox and Minecraft
Gamers worldwide experienced widespread outages on Tuesday due to a major Microsoft Azure disruption, affecting parts of the Xbox network, Minecraft, and other Microsoft services.
- Players were unable to sign in or play online games.
- Xbox's Live Core Services, Purchases and Content Usage, and Social and Gaming functions were listed as down.
- Microsoft 365 services were also affected by the ongoing Azure issue.
Microsoft directed users to follow the @AzureSupport account for updates.
Author's summary: Xbox and Minecraft services were down due to Azure outage.