Xbox Live downtime scheduled

Microsoft's online gaming service will go dark for 14 hours next week for a planned upgrade.

Xbox 360 gamers won't be able to answer the Call of Duty and the Gears of War will cease grinding (online, at least) for the better part of a day next week as Microsoft has notified Xbox Live users that the service is in for some downtime.

Starting at 12:01 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, March 27, Xbox Live will be unavailable for an expected 14 hours, according to Microsoft, while the publisher makes upgrades to the service. Eager 360 owners are advised not to get their hopes up speculating about possible upgrades; Xbox Live director of programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb posted on his blog that the changes are not a new dashboard update for the system. That's expected later this spring.

202 Comments

  • Bravelionheart7

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 6:25 pm GMT

    It's back. Huzzah.

  • Juggernaut140

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 5:55 pm GMT

    Just as shivering Isles was about to download I got cut off from Xbox Live. Something to do with the MTU.

  • DeusExMathias

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 5:42 pm GMT

    .... still ....... down.................
    ....give ....... me ....... strength......

  • Draco-x5

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 5:21 pm GMT

    I just hope it's soon.

  • rjwoer

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 4:50 pm GMT

    Apparently XBL is almost back online. Check here for up-to-the-minute status: http://twitter.com/majornelson

    It doesn't matter what time zone you live in, XBL is supposed to be back up and running soon. There is NO specific time frame here people!

    -------> http://twitter.com/majornelson

  • 1vgfan

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 4:36 pm GMT

    well, 6 hours later....

  • shadghob

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 4:19 pm GMT

    does anybody know when online is going back up at GMT time

  • F1racerjb

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 4:18 pm GMT

    i knew i shouldve went online last night to download demos!!

  • UyLe

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 4:12 pm GMT

    From Major Nelson's on twitter.com: Ohhh... I have a supprise for you later today.

  • rjwoer

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 4:03 pm GMT

    FROM MAJOR NELSON AT 3:46pm: "They're still working on it. Lot's of people running up and down the halls from office to office working on the issue. No ETA, but it should not be too much longer."

  • rjwoer

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 4:00 pm GMT

    Not yet back online.

    Brean24: I believe 2:00PM Pacific Time is 4:00PM Central Time, which was two hours ago. (It's 4:00PM Pacific as I post this.)

  • shadghob

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 3:57 pm GMT

    so it is back online or not yet

  • Brean24

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 3:46 pm GMT

    what is 2:00 pm PDT in Midwest time?

  • Ez3k1eL_360

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 3:41 pm GMT

    WTH I WENT TO BUNGIE.NET AND IT SAYS THERE IS THREE PEOPLE ONLINE!!!

  • pred_dachande

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 3:29 pm GMT

    "And LOL to all those of you who think you'll be able to work on your single player Xbox Live achievements without an Xbox Live connection."

    ...You do know achievements can be unlocked without connecting to Xbox Live, right? They're based on the profiles stored on the system, not on the actual Xbox Live servers. Now before you go off and insult someone else with incorrect information, think about what you have to say.

  • rjwoer

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 2:21 pm GMT

    OH, HERE'S THE LINK:
    http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/03/27/3-27-07-maintenance-update.aspx

  • rjwoer

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 2:20 pm GMT

    THIS WAS JUST POSTED BY MAJOR NELSON:

    "This season's Xbox Live Maintenance is almost complete. The engineers have begun the final testing and preparation to bring the service back online. We have one outstanding issue before we can flip the switch, so that means that we're not back yet. I'll post another update when I have more details. I don't have an exact time when the service will be back online, and I'll post an update when I do."

    TIME STAMP IS 2:00pm

  • DeusExMathias

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 2:11 pm GMT

    Whaaaaa!!! *sniff* I want my Shivering Isles!

  • mc3usa

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 2:10 pm GMT

    Don't expect for XBOX live to be up exactly at 2:00pm PT. Read the key words in the announcement, "unavailable for an (expected) 14 hours." Which means it could be down for longer.

  • m0thr4

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 1:48 pm GMT

    Tell me, in these days of fully redundant clustered server systems, why does there need to be a 14 hour outage for paying customers? If my ISP did that to me, I'd quit and go elsewhere.

    And what was the point of releasing the Shivering Isles expansion for Oblivion early, when you need to be connected to Xbox Live in order to play it?!?

    And LOL to all those of you who think you'll be able to work on your single player Xbox Live achievements without an Xbox Live connection.

  • caboose301

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 1:45 pm GMT

    in ny its still 4:44 and nuthing yet

  • rjwoer

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 12:54 pm GMT

    14 hours makes it 2pm Pacific time. That's another hour to go.

  • The_Moose427

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 12:48 pm GMT

    ok, its almost 4pm for me; why isnt it up yet?! unless my math is wrong....(counts on fingers)....nope.

    ...unless my fingers are wrong....

  • Bvp301

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 12:36 pm GMT

    @ MattMyers_5

    they did send out a message man...check for a text message from xbox live when you get back on...it should be there

  • MattMyers_5

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 12:34 pm GMT

    Bahhh. I have been trying to figure out why i was getting a MTU error. Stupid director of Xbox should send us a message. good thing gamespots here otherwise I would be yelling at my ISP at this moment.

  • Trogeton

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 12:07 pm GMT

    It suckes big time.. but well according to the clock here its up... Hello Shivering Isles

  • RetroGameFanCom

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 11:26 am GMT

    I'm down w/ that.

  • daorlork

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 11:26 am GMT

    Awww..... I have to shave my crustache and pop my acne pimples. Oh, and maybe wash my smelly JNCO club t-shirt. Just kidding, I don't look like some troglodyte.

  • MalfunctionNeo

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 10:44 am GMT

    Downtime is due to last 14 hours, starting at 12:00am PDT so UK = approx 10:00pm

  • dksteve

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 10:15 am GMT

    And here's me looking for MTU setting on my router :/

  • EricDravan

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 9:01 am GMT

    Downtime isnt too bad, time to work on my S.P achievments. Its about 5:30pm in the UK and its still not back online, hope it starts up soon

  • MalfunctionNeo

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 8:23 am GMT

    You're not the only one 'Getlefty' just spent 1/2 an hour diagnosing my router and internet connection before remembering that XBL is down

  • getlefty

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 7:56 am GMT

    I read the message when I got it yesterday but totally forgot about it and had to go online to figure out why I couldn't connect. Heh, silly me and my poor memory.

    I hope they put out another great marketplace game tomorrow. They're 2/2 with TMNT Arcade being followed by SotN, both have been awesome.

    I'll be playing SotN today since I can't get on live, no big deal.

  • DarkChaoMan75

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 6:11 am GMT

    this is the time to beat rainbow six vegas on realistic today

  • jerkguy

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 12:28 am GMT

    yea its down damnit i was in the m iddle of an nhl game too....does anyone know if the game willc ount??

  • DLUX85

    Posted Mar 27, 2007 12:03 am GMT

    its down :'(

  • diabloJonathan

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 11:06 pm GMT

    here is a question would the place vanish like apperently the other downloads have when u are not signed in on xbox live, though i havnt checked to get those downloads but im thinking of buying it with shivering isles. all though ive mastered the game be come invinsable ill just start from scratch since it is like 1 of the funest game that i play

  • PacoL250

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 10:10 pm GMT

    14 hours...wow.

    If only Windows Vista could shut down like that...oh wait it already does that with all those driver failures

    As for Shivering Isles, well I'll just get it later. I still need to become a vampire in Oblivion anyway

  • Darkfox1303

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 7:42 pm GMT

    HEHEHE i was playing with some guys on halo 2, they were like "DUDE the down time is for halo 3 beta!!!" Im like "No, its for a system update" His friends like "NOOOO!!! its for a new halo 2 map! My friend works for microsoft and he told me!" And i just sat there and laughed. Idiots

  • SlayerX13

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 1:04 pm GMT

    You an still get acheivments offline. hehe. Just work on you single player stuff.

  • Sandlynx9

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 8:32 am GMT

    I guess I will see daylight again

    /kidding, I still have to muster up the nerve to buy a gold account

  • keinuveye

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 7:57 am GMT

    nice to see all the ES:OIV SI comments

  • Legacyoftain

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 7:51 am GMT

    Guess I will spend that day getting 200.06% in SOTN

  • VolcanoMan001

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 7:27 am GMT

    Down time??? Noooo!!! What will I do!? Where will I go!? Oh well, I guess I could catch up on sleep for 14 hours.

  • GIJesse77

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 7:20 am GMT

    I never get on xbox live so this is no shock for me.

  • jmartinez1983

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 6:04 am GMT

    Considering that XBL almost never goes down this is fine.

  • gibsongirl

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 5:34 am GMT

    guess we'll just have to have sex, sleep, study and/or read a book

  • zaammk

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 5:14 am GMT

    I got a message saying this when I signed into live the other day. I cried a little, it means no shivering isles on its "release day"

  • DirkVDV01

    Posted Mar 26, 2007 2:19 am GMT

    I doubt if it will kill anyone, but I've seen other consoles that have manufacturers releasing upgrades on their main servers and for the consoles themselves that didn't have any downtime. Odd, but then again, it's Microsoft again.

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