Update 8/30: All Xbox Live services have been restored. Original story follows.

Xbox Live is down and has been for about a half an hour at the time of this writing. The main services affected include the ability to sign in to the console, meaning that many gamers are currently unable to use their Xbox One consoles much at all. Xbox Support is aware of the issue and says that its teams are "looking into it." More information will be released when it's available. No timetable has been given as to when Xbox Live subscribers can expect the service to come back online.

Xbox Support also didn't reveal exactly how widespread the issue is, but the response to the initial tweet looks to be largely negative. Some users have pointed out that this is the third day in a row where major Xbox Live services have gone down. Some have even threatened to jump ship to the PS4 due to the recent Xbox Live issues.

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Of course, it's worth pointing out that while Xbox Live issues have been more common this week, the service generally runs well most of the time. It's unclear exactly why Xbox Live services have struggled more these past few days, and it's unlikely that we'll get an exact answer from the support team.

On the bright side, fans can rest easy knowing that it's unlikely that this Xbox Live service outage will last all that long. It almost certainly won't be on the scale of the 2014 Lizard Squad attacks, which was a coordinated and successful effort to bring down Xbox Live, PSN, and other online gaming services over the holiday season.

There really hasn't been an Xbox Live services attack on the scale of the Lizard Squad one since 2014. However, like any other online service, Xbox Live has still gone down from time to time, usually just for a few hours at the most. Oftentimes these issues don't impact all Xbox Live users either, so Xbox users should keep that in mind as well.

We will update this article once Xbox Live services have been completely restored.

Source: Xbox Live Status

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