Xbox Live is DOWN: Major outage blocks thousands of players from accessing online gaming profiles

Xbox Live has been hit by a major outage, leaving thousands of players unable to sign-into their profiles.

DownDetector, a site that monitors outages, shows issues stuck around 1pm ET and are plaguing users in the US, the UK and parts of Europe, Asia and South America.

Users have cited problems with logging in, server connection and game play.

Many players are furious about the outage, with one users sharing on X that they spent all eight hours working hard so they could play video games - only to find Xbox Live is down.

This is a developing story... more updates to come.

Xbox Live has been hit by a major outage , leaving thousands of players unable to sign-into their profiles

Xbox Support has acknowledged the outage on X, writing: 'We are aware that some users have been disconnected from Xbox Live. We're investigating!'