Xbox Servers Were Down For 20 Hours, But Everything Should Be Working Now

Update: "Good news — the earlier Xbox issue should now be mitigated".Last week, Xbox suffered an untimely server outage preventing players from accessing Halo: Campaign Evolved Early Access on the very same day it launched. Not great from Team Green, and to make matters worse, it looks like servers are playing up once again.You're not alone, Xbox Support confirms the outage, this time preventing players from signing into accounts, games not showing up in libraries, and issues launching games.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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'We Must Do Better To Support You' - Xbox Exec Apologises For Xbox Server Outage

"This is an unacceptable situation".Xbox Chief Technology Officer Scott Van Vliet took to social media last night to apologise for the widespread outage that left some players unable to sign in, view game libraries, or, in the worst cases, launch either digital titles or physical disc-based games on Xbox.The server crash began in the early hours of July 28 and lasted for roughly 20 hours. Whilst some speculated it was linked to Xbox's rumoured Disc-to-Digital feature, which will allow players to create digital versions of their physical game libraries, that wasn't the cause. Van Vliet, who was appointed Xbox CTO back in May 2026, was quite open about the incident, posting to his Twitter/X account what happened, what the team did, and what comes next.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Xbox Owners Get Free PC Copies Of Select Ubisoft Games

Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and more!Ubisoft is giving Xbox players free PC versions of select games they already own digitally on console, at no additional cost.Currently the offers extends to thirteen titles in total, all of which will be playable through the Ubisoft Connect app on PC. For most games, the specific edition and DLC content you may have purchased on console should transfer over to the PC version too, however Ubisoft has mentioned 'in-game currency and one-time-use content' may not make the jump.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Last Chance To Bag A Bargain: Xbox Summer Sale 2026 Ends Tomorrow

Make the most of some MASSIVE discounts.The Xbox Ultimate Game Sale 2026 has been in full swing for the past couple of weeks, offering discounts of up to 95% across a whopping 2,000+ games. However, this year's massive sale is coming to an end late on Wednesday July 29, in other words, tomorrow!So, consider this a reminder to snag yourself something nice, or perhaps now's the time to gift your favourite co-op partner - show 'em you care and all that jazz! There's a great mix of AAA titles (including plenty of recent releases) and so much more.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Halo: Campaign Evolved Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass, And Here's A Bunch Of

Dun dun dun dun dunnnnnnn!Halo: Campaign Evolved is officially available worldwide on Xbox, PC, and PS5. It's still so surreal seeing Halo on a Sony console, but better yet, It's available day one with Xbox Game Pass! Hooray, confetti and grunt brains everywhere!The Standard Edition of Halo Studios' breathtaking remake is out now for everyone after a bit of a rocky start of paid early access, and Game Pass Ultimate players can now defrost the Master Chief and get busy bonking Covenant baddies.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Heave Ho 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Review

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The original Heave Ho was an excellent surprise for me and my family. We often play games together…
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Talking Point: How Much Has The Xbox Outage Affected You?

Can you play anything yet?Xbox servers have been down for most of the day (July 27), impacting thousands of players, myself included, and leaving me unable to play most of my games.Sifting through social media platforms for the general reaction whilst keeping an eye on the Xbox Status page for a miracle, continues to paint a bleak picture for a digital-only future. My thoughts are already with the Xbox Series S owners, who don't even have the option of turning to their physical library. Not like it would change much, as Microsoft's server outage hasn't even spared my precious physical disc-based games - Not my discs!Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/features/talkin...fected-you

Xbox Servers Were Down For 20 Hours, But Everything Should Be Working Now

Update: "Good news — the earlier Xbox issue should now be mitigated".Last week, Xbox suffered an untimely server outage preventing players from accessing Halo: Campaign Evolved Early Access on the very same day it launched. Not great from Team Green, and to make matters worse, it looks like servers are playing up once again.You're not alone, Xbox Support confirms the outage, this time preventing players from signing into accounts, games not showing up in libraries, and issues launching games.Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/07/xb...orking-now

Xbox Servers Are Still Down, Preventing Players From Accessing Both Physical And Dig

Players can't even play "disc-based games right now".Last week, Xbox suffered an untimely server outage preventing players from accessing Halo: Campaign Evolved Early Access on the very same day it launched. Not great from Team Green, and to make matters worse, it looks like servers are playing up once again.You're not alone, Xbox Support confirms the outage, this time preventing players from signing into accounts, games not showing up in libraries, and issues launching games.Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/07/xb...ital-games

Talking Point: How Much Has The Xbox Outage Affected You?

Can you play anything yet?Xbox servers have been down for most of the day (July 27), impacting thousands of players, myself included, and leaving me unable to play most of my games.Sifting through social media platforms for the general reaction whilst keeping an eye on the Xbox Status page for a miracle, continues to paint a bleak picture for a digital-only future. My thoughts are already with the Xbox Series S owners, who don't even have the option of turning to their physical library. Not like it would change much, as Microsoft's server outage hasn't even spared my precious physical disc-based games - Not my discs!Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/features/talkin...fected-you