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 , 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, , saying the Xbox Live is “currently experiencing a service interruption” and to stay tuned to Xbox’s .
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 around 2PM ET, with beginning to rise around that time. There’s still no indication when Xbox could restore service. At around 4:10PM ET, its investigation is “taking longer than expected.
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