{"id":44225,"date":"2012-09-04T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T13:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=44225"},"modified":"2012-09-04T15:30:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T13:30:03","slug":"xbox-live-down-microsoft-working-to-resolve-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/44225-xbox-live-down-microsoft-working-to-resolve-the-problem","title":{"rendered":"Xbox LIVE down, Microsoft “working to resolve the problem”"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you can’t log into Xbox LIVE right now, you’ve joined the elite ranks of pretty much everybody else who can’t log into Xbox LIVE right now. Apparently the service is down for some sort of maintenance, although Microsoft is being a bit vague about what exactly that is.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re aware that some users may be experiencing difficulty logging in to Xbox LIVE at present. This does happen from time to time while updates and fixes are made to the system and should not be symptomatic of any larger problems,\u201d reads the official statement on the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cA service update can be found on Xbox.com<\/a>, alerting Xbox LIVE users to the current state of the service. I don\u2019t have an update on timeframe for service to resume as usual, but we are working on the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barely suppressing my panic, I clicked through to the link above, only to discover that:<\/p>\n

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Is it too early to say it’s the zombie apocalypse, or have I just been playing way too much DayZ lately? Maybe it’s both.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you can click on the Xbox LIVE service status link<\/a> where you will learn that:<\/p>\n

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Users may experience difficulties with the following services:<\/p>\n