Update, Oct. 30, 2025 — The Azure outage has passed, so you should no longer have any difficulty accessing The Outer Worlds on Xbox.
Original story:
Today marks the general launch of The Outer Worlds 2, a science-fiction role-playing game (RPG) from developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Xbox Game Studios.
It's the team's third game this year, following the fantasy RPG Avowed in February and the early access launch of survival title Grounded 2 in July. While it's been available for a few days for anyone that coughed up extra for the Premium Edition, the standard version of The Outer Worlds 2 is live now for everyone...at least in theory.
Unfortunately, if you aren't able to access The Outer Worlds 2 right now, you're not alone. An Azure outage has taken numerous services offline, including the ability for many people to buy games on Xbox.
Obsidian Entertainment directly confirmed on Bluesky that the outage is affecting the team's games, as well as other titles.
