It’s been announced on Major Nelson’s blog that the Xbox LIVE service will be down next Tuesday “from 7:01AM UTC (12:01 AM PST) for up to 24 hours” for maintenance.

As a result, says the post “Xbox LIVE and the ‘My Xbox’ section of Xbox.com will be unavailable, and the Xbox forums will be in read only mode (you won’t be able to post.)

“The remainder of Xbox.com will be available with limited interruptions.”

The post is at pains, though, to inform you that this downtime will not result in any new features, but is rather to prepare the service for features coming down the pipe:

“Let me reiterate,” says the post. “When the service returns, you will not have any new functions or features. This is for scheduled maintenance only.”