A widespread Xbox outage has seen users unable to access their ‘Live’ accounts in Australia with millions affected worldwide.
The outage preventing players from connecting to Xbox Live and playing online games, downloading games, or using other services, with Down Detector in Australia reporting that users are also unable to play offline.
Users of the service are getting an “Error 0x87DD0033 message .”
Microsoft claims that they are “investigating.” the issue.
Bethesda, which is now owned by Microsoft, published a similar message, saying the Xbox Live is “currently experiencing a service interruption” and to stay tuned to Xbox’s status page. The page says Xbox’s account and profile services are experiencing a “major outage.”
“You may not be able to sign-in to your Xbox profile, may be disconnected while signed in, or have other related problems,” the update says. “Features that require sign-in like most games, apps and social activity won’t be available.”
Issues with Xbox Live seemed to have started in the middle of the night in Australia, with Down Detector reports beginning to rise around 4.00am.
There’s still no indication when Xbox could restore service.
