Microsoft published this on 14 October 2026. Below is what our monitor is reading from Xbox Live’s own status feed right now, and how the servers have held up lately.
| Announcement published | 14 October 2026, 15:00 UTC |
| Uptime we measured | 97.63% over 7 days |
| Last disruption | 12 Oct, 4h |
Just like that pesky Count Dracula, the Castlevania series refuses to stay dead. 40 years after legendary vampire hunter Simon Belmont’s debut, and 18 (!) after the last original 2D entry, Rose Belmont is here to whip undead ass and show that this portmanteau parent to the “Metroidvania” genre of action-exploration platformers can still throw […] The post Castlevania: Belmont’s
Announced by Microsoft on 14 October 2026. Source: news.xbox.com. We quote a short extract for identification and link to the original.