Posts Tagged ‘service’

Update: Rumor: Xbox Live Issues Caused by Hackers?

January 4th, 2008

xblskull.jpgAccording to Primotech, the answer is yes. They claim to have heard from a “source close to Microsoft” that a systematic denial-of-service attack was the cause of Xbox Live’s woes over the past few weeks. Hit the link for the full details.

Update: The guys over at Engadget are claiming that they have received, “conclusive inside information from a trusted source” that Xbox Live’s problems were not related to a malicious attack. Click here to read their post.

Link: Recent Xbox Live Issues May Be Result of Attack [Via Kotaku]

Xbox Live Up and Down Again

January 1st, 2008

Reports earlier this morning stated that Xbox Live’s issues seemed to be resolved. A quick check of the Xbox.com Support page showed that Xbox Live was up and running with no disclaimers, which was a first in several days. Now, they’ve changed the message back saying that you might experience intermittent issues with signing in, matchmaking, etc. I guess it was fun while it lasted. Check out the Twitter widget on the left side of Major Nelson’s homepage for pretty frequent updates regarding the outages.

On a related note, there have been rumors that Microsoft will be offering compensation to it’s Gold subscribers for the downtime experienced the past week+. I think that would be fair, considering we are paying for the service, but it is yet still a rumor.

Xbox Live having issues again?

December 25th, 2007

I don’t know about you guys, but I am currently experiencing symptoms similar to the ones I had Saturday. I am able to sign into Xbox Live, sometimes after a couple attempts. When loading a game, however, I usually get signed out of Live for some reason. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same thing.

Xbox Live Temporarily Down

December 22nd, 2007

Several websites (including Microsoft’s own Gamerscore Blog) are reporting that Xbox Live is currently down, preventing people from logging in. I personally have noticed the service going up and down throughout the day. As luck would have it, I got disconnected in the middle of a Lone Wolves match in Halo 3 that I was pwning. Turns out I still had the highest score in the match. But anyway, back to the story. Although people are claiming the service has been down for hours, I’ve been playing most of the day with only a few interruptions here and there. I also have friends that are currently playing games online, so your mileage may vary on this one. If you are fortunate enough to still be playing, to you I say congratulations!

Link: Xbox Live Temporarily Down