Starting in June, Xbox owners won’t need Live Gold membership to access streaming media apps like Netflix, HBO GO etc. As of now, users are required to have subscription in order to access the ...

Editors' Note: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate offers a slew of benefits, including a massive game library, diverse device support and both PC and console games. Nifty features like the ability to play on ...

UPDATE 10/29: Xbox services have been restored. The issue impacted Microsoft services in general, not just Xbox. Original story follows. Xbox is currently experiencing major technical problems, ...

It feels like any video game console you pick up is going to need to come with an online subscription service these days. With so many big games having online multiplayer and other online features ...

Microsoft’s (MSFT) Q4 2024 earnings report included an update on its gaming division. Xbox content and services posted a massive growth number for the quarter, which was almost entirely driven by the ...

The monitoring site Downdetector noted that user-reported issues began to spike at 2:15 pm ET Tuesday, with more than 23,000 outage reports being reported to the website. Many users reported seeing ...

While Xbox continues to grow its software and content business thanks to the Activision Blizzard acquisition, the hardware side isn’t doing quite as well. That’s according to Microsoft’s ...

The outage affected Microsoft 365, Xbox, Minecraft, and major companies, including Starbucks and Capital One. Azure services have recovered to over 98% availability, with full restoration expected by ...

March 3, 2025 at 7:25 ET: Reports of Xbox outages appear to have gone down. Xbox Network is still down for some in the UK, but the spike shown on DownDetector indicates the network's availability is ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for GameRant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...