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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 was down for hours, and users even had trouble playing disc-based games - Engadget

… An outage started affecting several Xbox services on Sunday evening, including accounts, the digital storefront, apps and games across Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and Xbox 360. Xbox resolved the issue on Monday afternoon. …

Jul 27, 2026 · Kris Holt