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Hulu and Xbox Live service came back online after going down for several hours on Wednesday afternoon. As of 4:30 p.m. PT, Hulu service appeared to be restored for most users. Xbox Live service began to come back around 4:45 p.m. PT, according to Xbox support.

Microsoft released its Community Standards for Xbox, which looks to prevent unwanted behavior within the Xbox Live community. One part of the document focuses on trash talk in online multiplayer games, with Microsoft outlining what is acceptable and what veers into harassment.

Microsoft is preparing to expand Xbox Live cross-platform support to include the Xbox One, PC, iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch. The SDK that will enable the feature will be showcased at the upcoming Game Developers Conference, as Microsoft continues its shift to a strategy of games as a service.

Xbox Live was experiencing issues for the second time in a week, with many players unable to log into their accounts or access content they had purchased previously. The earlier outage saw get black screens, unable to use their Xbox One systems at all until it was resolved on Microsoft's end.

An issue with Microsoft's Xbox Live service rendered some players' consoles essentially unusable, with black screens displayed on startup. Microsoft said it has identified and fixed the issue. The problem came just a day after Kingdom Hearts III released on the system.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Microsoft that describes a method of cheat detection for games on a platform level using machine learning. The idea is to bring cheat detection outside the game given platforms can't detect cheats within the game itself.

A recent report published by World Asset Exchange surveyed 1,000 gamers to rate their stance on using cryptocurrency in video games.

Here are all of the exciting demos, betas, and free games coming up this weekend, offering hours of entertainment on a budget.

Announced in March, the Xbox Live Creators Program is now live, allowing any developer to directly publish games to Xbox One and Windows 10.

Microsoft is now offering those who design popular Xbox Design Lab color schemes payment in digital Xbox Live currency.

Xbox Live Gold subscriptions and Xbox Design Lab custom controllers are among those products going on sale next week.

Microsoft is having issues with user logins to various services, including Xbox Live, OneDrive, Skype, Outlook.com, and the Windows Store.

At GDC, Microsoft announced that developers can soon self-publish games to Xbox One without an approval process.

Subscribers to Microsoft's Beam game streaming service can now access a new beta packed with loads of new features. General users will see the updates soon.

When did you last sign in to Xbox Live? If it's been a few years since you last powered on an Xbox console, your gamertag may be at risk of deactivation.

Microsoft now allows Xbox One streamers to automatically share their broadcasting status via Xbox Live without relying on the Xbox One Twitch app.

Microsoft's launching a new Xbox Live feature, Clubs, aimed at helping members find like-minded gaming companions.

Xbox Live Gold service subscribers can expect to receive free copies of titles like Goat Simulator, The Crew, and XCOM throughout the next month.

Microsoft announced plans to wipe "nearly 1 million" unused and dormant Gamertags this week, allowing gamers to reclaim abandoned Xbox Live usernames.

Microsoft welcomes the spring with a fitting sale and takes $50 off the Xbox One which puts the console at $299.

Licensed Xbox developers can now enable support for cross-network multiplayer with non-Xbox consoles and PCs, Microsoft announced today.

Snoop Dogg took to Instagram and said what a few thousand Xbox Live gamers may have been thinking, maybe with fewer curses.