The Xbox Live network is down, with Xbox users flooding onto social media to report that they are having troubling with their accounts. On its ‘Xbox Status’ page, Xbox makers Microsoft have confirmed major outages in the following areas: account and profile; friends and social activity; and cloud gaming and remote play.

Gamers who are looking to sign on to Xbox this morning may be surprised to find that the servers are currently down. Here's what to know.

In what’s turning into a bad week for gamers, the Xbox Live network is down – just a day after the PlayStation network suffered a prolonged outage. Xbox users are widely reporting problems accessing the Live service,

Xbox Live features are down with a 'major outage' just a day after PlayStation Network had similar issues. Players are currently experiencing problems such as not being able to log in, be able to play games online because of this or stream titles.

The Xbox team is currently dealing with a number of network issues, affecting things such as player sign-in, game launching and the ability to join parties.

Can’t log into Xbox Live? Fret not – you’re not alone. Xbox Live is down, and according to downdetector.com, plenty of folks worldwide are reporting that they’re unable to get online and actually play their games.

The outage on Monday locked users out of their accounts. Another bug showed annoying ads on home screens. But they've all been fixed now.