Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | 08:13 BST
Live is back up, DEFCON level drops to three

Microsoft’s confirmed that Xbox Live is now back up following a day-log period of maintenance.
Looks pretty much the same as it did yesterday, but it’s probably more awesomer behind the scenes.
Go teabag a Spartan, or something.


12 comments
#1
Blerk
17/06/09, 8:28 am
I don’t even play online but last night it felt…. weird. Isolated. Like “I Am Legend”. But with less zombie things.
#2
Mike
17/06/09, 8:32 am
Strange innit.
#3
Lutz
17/06/09, 8:42 am
Actually, this caught me out. I wasn’t going to play online, but I was going to play Sacred 2. However, I’d cleared my cache a couple of days before, and never re-downloaded the update, and without that update, there’s a risk of save file corruption.
So I couldn’t play Sacred 2.
Web slung my way through New York for a bit instead.
#4
odessa
17/06/09, 9:37 am
Xbox.com has changed…
#5
Blerk
17/06/09, 9:41 am
And not for the better. It’s horrible!
#6
Eon
17/06/09, 9:48 am
I like the new profile area on Xbox.com but unfortunately it’s now just as laggy as the 360 dashboard.
#7
odessa
17/06/09, 10:31 am
I was about to comment that it seems a lot faster than before – how strange.
#8
Prof Power Glove
17/06/09, 12:29 pm
Imagine. I had to actually go and play SF4 at a friends house, in person!! I mean, how ridiculous is that?!?!
I do hope this improves the horrendous “freeze” issues that have plagued the new dashboard (for me at least) since they updated it. Typical microsoft – we’ll have spyware to contend with next..
#9
Michael O'Connor
17/06/09, 12:33 pm
Interacting with humanity?
How tragic.
#10
Prof Power Glove
17/06/09, 1:40 pm
Face to face, yes. I thought society had moved past that?
Oh well. All it takes is one generation messing up and we’ll be back in the stone-age anyway.
#11
Enkeixpress
17/06/09, 7:17 pm
Marketplace has gotten alot quicker on content appearing, You might wanna put that on there.
#12
Prof Power Glove
17/06/09, 7:26 pm
That’s good. What about the “freezing” issue when opening up friends lists etc?
I assume this is preparation for the Facespace/Twitter/Sky stuff though.