Gamers worldwide experienced widespread outages on Tuesday due to a major Microsoft Azure disruption.
Players reported issues with signing in, playing online games, and accessing Game Pass. Xbox's Live Core Services, Purchases and Content Usage, and Social and Gaming functions were all affected.
Microsoft confirmed the problem on its status pages, noting that Microsoft 365 services were also impacted by the ongoing Azure issue.
Users were directed to follow the @AzureSupport account for updates.
Author's summary: Xbox and Minecraft services were down due to Microsoft Azure outage.