Xbox promises that the causes of the recent outage, which rendered even game discs unplayable, have been fixed
… The coincidental timing highlighted how reliant games are today on server infrastructure, even when physical discs are involved. …
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Critical Xbox Bug Has Been Fixed, Microsoft Says
… "We are transitioning ownership of the underlying licensing service to the Xbox team while our engineers are actively hardening the services and infrastructure for future updates," Van Vliet said. …
Microsoft hired an analyst with an influential video game blog to fix Xbox - Engadget
… In another corporate shift, Microsoft's former head of Azure OpenAI and AI Core infrastructure, Scott Van Vliet, is joining Xbox as Chief Technology Officer today. …
Xbox Releasing Major Bug Fix This Week To Address Recent Server Outage Issues
… "We are transitioning ownership of the underlying licensing service to the XBOX team while our engineers are actively hardening the services and infrastructure for future updates. …
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Xbox CTO says the issue that caused last month’s major outage has been fixed | VGC
… As I previously wrote, an underlying service required for XBOX Home Console sharing and Game Pass purchased… https://t.co/hqC8ebV4oy — Scott Van Vliet @scottvanvliet August 10, 2026 According to Van Vliet, the issue has now been addressed, with a firmware update rolling out this week to Xbox users.… …
Xbox explains why its massive outage locked players out of games they owned
… Answered Question 2 How did Xbox's on-call teams reroute traffic and what temporary fixes restored service region by region? …
Xbox 'Project Helix' launch could be delayed by the ongoing memory crisis
… Microsoft's aggressive expansion of its Azure AI infrastructure means the company is simultaneously competing with itself for DRAM allocation. …
Xbox Says July's Outage Was Made Worse By A Bug That's Now Fixed
… Van Vliet continues his explanation: We are transitioning ownership of the underlying licensing service to the XBOX team while our engineers are actively hardening the services and infrastructure for future updates. …
Xbox VP Leaves Just 3 Months After Joining Asha Sharma's Team
… Palmer joined Xbox to help advise Asha Sharma directly on improving the platform’s developer tools and infrastructure. …