Xbox Live · announcement

Free Play Days – PAYDAY 3, Anno 117, BALL x PIT, Deceive Inc, Age of Wonders 4, and More

Microsoft published this on 05 November 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.

Checked 06 Nov 2026, 16:15 GMT·Re-checked every 5 min·Source: operator feed

Xbox Live servers right now

Operational

Announcement published	05 November 2026, 16:00 UTC
Uptime we measured	100% over 7 days
Last disruption	12 Oct, 4h

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What the announcement says

Skip the safe picks – play something daring with Free Play Days! PAYDAY 3, Nowhere Prophet, BALL x PIT, Deceive Inc, and Age of Wonders 4 are available this weekend for XBOX Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members to play from Thursday November 5 until Sunday, November 8. IXION will have a 2-hour trial […] The post Free Play Days – PAYDAY 3, Anno 117, BALL x PIT, Dece

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Announced by Microsoft on 05 November 2026. Source: news.xbox.com. We quote a short extract for identification and link to the original.