Microsoft Azure Outage Affects Xbox and Minecraft
Gamers worldwide experienced outages on Tuesday due to a major Microsoft Azure disruption, affecting parts of the Xbox network and Minecraft.
- Xbox network services were impacted, including sign-in, online gaming, and Game Pass access.
- 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 confirmed the problem on its status pages and directed users to follow the @AzureSupport account for updates.
Author's summary: Xbox and Minecraft down due to Azure outage.
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