Tag: Servers
News All Of These Xbox Games Will Turn Off Their Servers In Early 2025
Nine titles announced for the first three months
We've got a lot of cool stuff to look forward to on Xbox in early 2025, including some great Xbox Game Pass additions and even some first-party releases, but sadly there are a few server closures that are heading our way as well. In fact, there will probably be a lot more than the nine we already...
News Flight Simulator 2024 Developer Issues 'Sincere' Apology Following Turbulent Release
"We know a lot of people are frustrated"
Yesterday, we highlighted how a lot of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 users were struggling to even load into the game because of server issues, and unfortunately that remains the case nearly 24 hours since its launch. The developer behind the title, Asobo Studio, issued an apology and explanation last...
News Xbox 360 Users Take To Social Media As Online Server Issues Persist
"Incredibly frustrating"
We're assuming most Pure Xbox readers aren't using their Xbox 360 consoles anymore, but just in case you are, you may have noticed over the past few days that you've been struggling to sign into the Xbox Live servers. The Xbox 360 subreddit has been filled with players complaining about this recently, sharing error messages...
News Xbox Suffers From Temporary Outage As Microsoft Confirms Server Issues
A turbulent start to Wednesday
Struggling to connect to Xbox's servers today? The good news is that you're not alone. Throughout the morning, we saw players from across the world reporting that they were unable to access the internet on their consoles, and this led to Microsoft eventually confirming that an issue had occurred: Obviously this is...
News Xbox Suffers 'Major Outage' As Servers Go Down For Most Players
"You may not be able to sign-in"
Update: This issue has now been fixed, with the official Xbox status returning to "up and running". Original story: Xbox has been suffering from some technical difficulties today, with lots of players reporting that they've been unable to connect to Xbox Live (or the "Xbox Network") over the past couple of hours...
News FromSoftware Announces Server Closures For Two Xbox 360 Games
It's apparently due to "deterioration"
We've got a couple more Xbox server closures to report! FromSoftware has announced today that two of its Xbox 360 titles will be shutting their servers in March of 2024, although the games will continue to function offline as well. One if these is Dark Souls 2, which already has a newer version for Xbox One...
News Forza Horizon 1 & 2 Are Shutting Their Servers On Xbox This August
Due to a "very small player population"
It's the end of an era for the first two Forza Horizon games! Both titles will be shutting their online servers this August, with Turn 10 Studios explaining that they each have a "very small player population" and the focus is now on "current games". This means that as of August 22nd, 2023, you'll no longer...
