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A widespread Xbox outage is preventing players from connecting to Xbox Live and playing online games, downloading games, or using other services, with many seeing the message “Error 0x87DD0033.” In a post at around 3PM ET, Xbox says it’s “aware that some users have been disconnected from Xbox Live” and that the company is “investigating.”
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.”
Xbox Live is down https://t.co/IaGAUihllq pic.twitter.com/PebX7GwuDe
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) July 2, 2024
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