Xbox Live to be down for 24 hours

360 News | Next week, Tuesday.

Microsoft has plans to shutdown their Xbox Live and Xbox.com services for the whole day on Tuesday, October 17th.

Users will experience the downtime from 5pm AEST in Australia and 7am BST for Europe. The downtime is expected to last for "up to 24 hours."

The reason? This is what we know: It isn't a Dashboard update and it is apparently going to be for "Secret cool stuff," as Xbox.com richly puts it. "We'll tell you about [it] when we're back online October 18. Other stuff we'll be talking about later in the fall."

For information on what you can do while awaiting the updates to finish (and we strongly recommend checking this out if you want a laugh), go to Xbox.com.

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camds

5 years ago

At least it looks like they have fixed the forums and the sign now.

I could get back online last night.

camds

5 years ago

Just got a subscription update from Xbox Live... Although I haven't done any changes to my account. I'm only on Xbox Live with my Original Xbox and haven't upgraded to a 360 yet... weird... guess they're trying to consolidate the membership plans... Would have been nice if we'd got a heads up.

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Dear Customer,

This mail is confirmation that you successfully changed your subscription to Xbox Live Subscription Transfer on Thursday, 19 October 2006. Here is a description of the change:

Your current Xbox Live® subscription will be modified to an Xbox Live Gold Membership. Any and all remaining time on your Xbox Live subscription will be transferred to your Gold Membership. You will have continued access to demos, trailers, downloads, tournaments, friends, and your gamertag, your unique digital identity. AT THE END OF YOUR CURRENT MEMBERSHIP TERM, YOUR MEMBERSHIP WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW TO AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP AT THE CURRENT ANNUAL PRICE, unless you change your renewal or cancel before your membership ends. Pricing details can be viewed in the Account Management area of your gamer profile. For information about changing or canceling your membership and your membership refund policy, go to www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

If you have any questions, please go to www.xbox.com/support or call Xbox Customer Support at 1 800 555 741.
Thank you for using Microsoft Online Services!

The Xbox Live team.

Note: Please do not respond to this message.
To receive notifications at a different e-mail address, go to the Xbox Dashboard, select Xbox Live, and then select Account Management and update your billing information.

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