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2012-10-05 6:33 PM PDT
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Xfire Game Support Update 2012-09-27
2012-09-27 4:41 PM PDT
Xfire Game Support Update 2012-09-27

New support:

  • FIFA 13

Revised:

  • PlanetSide 2 beta
  • Torchlight II


Do you have a game that is not yet supported by Xfire?
Head over to the Game Support Requests forum and make a request!

Or, if you have what it takes to create your own game definitions,
Apply to our Xfire GameMasters (XFGM) team now!
What is the XFGM team? | How to become an XFGM?
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Xfire 2.0 Alpha Preview
2012-09-27 10:35 AM PDT
You may remember that with the release of our last skin - Symbiosis - we announced the upcoming Xfire 2.0 client. We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but we wanted to keep you updated on where we're at.

We're currently in the first alpha phase and are aiming for closed beta to start later in the fall. Join the Xfire Beta team for early access!

So WHAT IS Xfire 2.0, exactly?

Take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK1_5ViuAYE

In a nutshell, Xfire 2.0 is:


  • Familiar for existing users. Most current features will be supported, with key functionality brought into the forefront. We've added the much requested games tab, where you can quickly see what your friends are playing and launch a game.

  • Easier to use. Key features are more intuitive and accessible which makes it easier for you to use. Information is no longer tabular requiring you to resize columns and/or the client to find what you're looking for. Instead, information has been organized into tiles formatted to best deliver the most relevant information to you - be it text, thumbnails, box art, or avatars.

  • Thinner. The tiles eliminate the need for the side drawer allowing the client to retain its utility and usability while maintaining a thinner profile.

  • Ubiquitous. With Xfire 2.0, the Xfire In-Game overlay (XIG) will be reworked based on the kind of game you are playing. For point and click games like WoW or LoL, XIG has been designed to be an ever present addition to the game's HUD. You can move it wherever you like. For Mouse Look games, like FPSs, XIG will be hidden until called up with a hot key.

  • Consistent. The UI is now as consistent as possible, both in and out of the game. We've broken this rule when it made sense; but generally speaking, unless it negatively impacts your game's performance, everything you can do out of the game, can be done in the game.

  • Evolving more quickly. We've made a split between back end core functionality the front end UI elements making updates easier and faster, while...
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Xfire Game Support Update 2012-09-25
2012-09-26 2:59 PM PDT
Xfire Game Support Update 2012-09-25

New support:

  • Astro Tripper
  • BEEP
  • Brave
  • Chrome: SpecForce
  • Crash Time 5: Undercover demo
  • District 187: Sin Streets beta
  • End of Nations
  • Equestria Gaming Arcade
  • F1 2012
  • FTL: Faster Than Light
  • Geneforge 5: Overthrow
  • Jet Set Radio
  • Knight Age
  • PlanetSide 2 beta
  • Obsidian Conflict
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
  • Street Wars: Constructor Underworld
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
  • Welcome to Ponyville Act 1
  • Worms

Revised:

  • Black Mesa
  • F.E.A.R.
  • Full Spectrum Warrior
  • Ground Control II
  • PAYDAY: The Heist
  • Ridge Racer Unbounded
  • Source SDK Base: Orange Box
  • The Simpsons: Hit & Run
  • Torchlight II


Do you have a game that is not yet supported by Xfire?
Head over to the Game Support Requests forum and make a request!

Or, if you have what it takes to create your own game definitions,
Apply to our Xfire GameMasters (XFGM) team now!
What is the XFGM team? | How to become an XFGM?
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Xfire Game Support Update 2012-09-20
2012-09-20 1:46 PM PDT
Xfire Game Support Update 2012-09-20

New support:

  • Afraid of Monsters
  • Air Conflicts: Secret War
  • Black Mesa
  • Borderlands 2
  • Codename: Outbreak
  • Cry of Fear
  • Din's Curse
  • FIFA 13 demo
  • Future Wars
  • Guns of Icarus Online
  • Heart of Darkness
  • I Am Alive
  • Intrusion 2
  • Majesty 2: Cold Sunrise
  • McPixel
  • The Train Giant
  • Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
  • UFO Online beta
  • Uprising44: The Silent Shadows

Revised:

  • FreeJack Renewed
  • Global Agenda
  • Half-Life
  • Heretic II
  • Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
  • PCSX2
  • ScummVM
  • Symphony
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
  • Torchlight II
  • True Crime: Streets of LA
  • Vindictus
  • World of Warcraft


Do you have a game that is not yet supported by Xfire?
Head over to the Game Support Requests forum and make a request!

Or, if you have what it takes to create your own game definitions,
Apply to our Xfire GameMasters (XFGM) team now!
What is the XFGM team? | How to become an XFGM?
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Xfire Game Support Update 2012-09-14
2012-09-14 3:15 AM PDT
Xfire Game Support Update 2012-09-14

New support:

  • 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven
  • Arx Libertatis
  • Crash Time II
  • Crash Time III
  • Etherlords
  • Evolva
  • Miner Wars 2081
  • Miner Wars Arena
  • Northland
  • ObsCure
  • ObsCure II
  • RaceRoom Racing Experience demo
  • Sevencore
  • The Basement Collection
  • The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
  • They Bleed Pixels
  • Wrack beta
  • Yume Nikki

Revised:

  • Brick-Force
  • Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile
  • Combat Arms
  • Cross Fire
  • Dark Souls
  • Final Fantasy VII
  • FreeJack Renewed
  • Gotham City Impostors
  • Gothic II
  • Melty Blood: Actress Again Current Code
  • Midnight Club 2
  • Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
  • Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
  • Painkiller
  • PCSX2
  • Quake Live
  • Rune
  • Sacred
  • Sacred Underworld
  • To the Moon
  • War of the Immortals
  • World of Warcraft
  • XIII


Do you have a game that is not yet supported by Xfire?
Head over to the Game Support Requests forum and make a request!

Or, if you have what it takes to create your own game definitions,
Apply to our Xfire GameMasters (XFGM) team now!
What is the XFGM team? | How to become an XFGM?
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Xfire partners with Vita Nova
2012-09-12 9:53 PM PDT

We have some exciting news today for all of our CoD4 users - Xfire has officially partnered with the Vita Nova Organization to work on strengthening and uniting the Call of Duty 4 community.

So, what does this mean?

Xfire and Vita Nova will be working together on cool things like tournaments, pro player nights, and much more!

Stay up-to-date and involved in this exciting venture by joining the Vita Nova Xfire Group here: http://www.xfire.com/communities/officialvitanova/

-Xfire HQ
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Xfire Game Support Update 2012-08-31
2012-08-31 3:22 AM PDT
Xfire Game Support Update 2012-08-31

New support:

  • Anno 1503: The New World
  • Arctic Combat beta
  • Awesomenauts
  • Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile
  • Great Big War Game
  • Gunman Chronicles
  • KnightShift
  • Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise
  • Melty Blood: Actress Again Current Code
  • Poseidon: Master of Atlantis
  • River Simulator 2012
  • Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops
  • Star Wars: X-Wing
  • Super Crate Box
  • Symphony
  • The Fall: Last Days of Gaia
  • Tower Wars
  • UberSoldier II
  • UFO: Alien Invasion
  • Zeus: Master of Olympus

Revised:

  • ARMA 2
  • ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead
  • DayZ
  • Dungeons: The Dark Lord
  • FreeJack Renewed
  • Guild Wars 2
  • Roblox
  • Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online beta
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  • Urban Terror
  • World of Warcraft
  • Yesterday


Do you have a game that is not yet supported by Xfire?
Head over to the Game Support Requests forum and make a request!

Or, if you have what it takes to create your own game definitions,
Apply to our Xfire GameMasters (XFGM) team now!
What is the XFGM team? | How to become an XFGM?
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Xfire Game Support Update 2012-08-24
2012-08-24 8:01 PM PDT
Xfire Game Support Update 2012-08-24

New support:

  • Dark Souls
  • Desktop Dungeons
  • Koreus

Revised:

  • Guild Wars 2


Do you have a game that is not yet supported by Xfire?
Head over to the Game Support Requests forum and make a request!

Or, if you have what it takes to create your own game definitions,
Apply to our Xfire GameMasters (XFGM) team now!
What is the XFGM team? | How to become an XFGM?
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Xfire Game Support Update 2012-08-21
2012-08-21 6:45 PM PDT
Xfire Game Support Update 2012-08-21

New support:

  • A Mother's Inferno
  • A Valley Without Wind
  • A Virus Named TOM
  • Auditorium
  • Blueberry Garden
  • Cargo! The Quest for Gravity
  • Cold War
  • Combat Pillows
  • Darksiders II
  • DayZ
  • Death Rally
  • Death Rally (1996)
  • Drakan: Order of the Flame
  • Dungeons: The Dark Lord
  • Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest
  • Foreign Legion: Multi Massacre
  • Gnomoria
  • Noitu Love 2: Devolution
  • Phase Shift
  • Polda
  • Polda 2
  • Polda 3
  • Polda 4
  • Polda 5
  • Pony Platforming Project
  • Pony Platforming Project: Holiday Special
  • Pony Platforming Project 3: Minty Fresh Adventure!
  • Rainbow Dash Attack
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • Soul Captor
  • Speed Busters: American Highways
  • The Haunted: Hells Reach
  • Time Gentlemen, Please!
  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
  • Vegas: Make It Big

Revised:

  • Alan Wake
  • Alliance of Valiant Arms
  • APB: Reloaded
  • ARMA 2
  • ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead
  • Arx Fatalis
  • Bullet Run
  • Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • Dragon Saga
  • Exodus From The Earth
  • Gatling Gears
  • NecroVisioN
  • Orcs Must Die! 2
  • Pokemon Trading Card Game Online
  • Runaway: A Twist of Fate
  • Trapped Dead
  • VisualBoyAdvance


Do you have a game that is not yet supported by Xfire?
Head over to the Game Support Requests forum and make a request!

Or, if you have what it takes to create your own game definitions,
Apply to our Xfire GameMasters (XFGM) team now!
What is the XFGM team? | How to become an XFGM?
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