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, preventing them from playing certain games and accessing online matchmaking.

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.

Is Xbox Live currently down? Here’s the latest on the status of Microsoft’s online service used for its suite of Xbox consoles. While Xbox Live has suffered its fair share of outages over the years, Microsoft’s online platform has generally proven more stable than its direct competitor.

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.

THOUSANDS of gamers have been booted from their online gaming matches as Xbox Live undergoes scheduled maintenance. More than 8,800 Xbox players have reported issues with the network since 12pm

The Xbox Live servers have gone down just days after a similar PSN outage, leaving angry players unable to access their games.

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 day after PlayStation Network went down for almost 8 hours, it’s now Xbox’s turn with Xbox Live being down for most users. Xbox tweeted out that it is aware of users experiencing issues with sign-in,

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.