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Xbox explains what caused this week's 'unacceptable' major outage - Engadget

Xbox explains what caused this week's 'unacceptable' major outage An executive pinned the blame on "a licensing service that sits outside of Xbox." By Kris Holt July 28, 2026 11:55 am EST Many Xbox users were unable to play games on their consoles for a large chunk of Monday . …

Jul 28, 2026 · Kris Holt

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Xbox's devastating July was inevitable - Engadget

… Xbox blamed the outage on issues with a licensing service outside of Xbox, and CTO Scott Van Vliet, who took over the role in May , called it an " unacceptable situation ." Van Vliet later told The Verge that the issue shouldn't have affected the ability to play disc games on Xbox consoles, explain… …

Aug 5, 2026 · Jessica Conditt