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 and Minecraft.
Players reported issues with signing in, playing online games, and accessing Game Pass, with Xbox's Live Core Services, Purchases and Content Usage, and Social and Gaming functions listed as down.
Microsoft confirmed the problem on its status pages, stating that Microsoft 365 services were also affected due to the ongoing Azure issue.
The company directed users to follow the @AzureSupport account for updates.
Author's summary: Xbox and Minecraft down due to Azure outage.