Xfire Launches new "Communities" System for Gaming Publishers
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8/19/2009 2:44:00 PM
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Xfire, the PC gamer's best riend, has just laucnhed a brand new "communities" system, which enables game companies to manage their gaming communities in a social-networking/clan-like way. For those of you who aren't familiar with Xfire, Xfire enables gamers to take videos, screenshots, chat with other gamers, and even create their own profiles and upload their computer specs, in a fun kind of social gaming network site. Check out the site at www.xfire.com, and if you want to check out the new communities, just click the "Communities" tab.
Game Companies Can Now Engage Over 14 Million Gamers More Deeply With Xfire's New Communities Platform
Xfire Revamps Free Clans and Guilds System, Expanding Capacity and Adding Community Management Tools
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Xfire, the gaming community mainstay with a user base that just surpassed 14 million, today introduced Xfire Communities, providing the latest communication tools and features that allow gaming companies to take managing their communities to the next level.
With the new Xfire social networking infrastructure, a company wanting to reach out to the Xfire community can now utilize the platform in the same vain as Facebook and Twitter. Xfire Communities currently boasts nearly 350,000 individual clans and guilds, over one million captured videos and six million game play screenshots. This is truly a viral entertainment toolset.
"We have always had the users; now we are just making them more accessible," says Matt Gilman, Vice President of Marketing, Xfire, Inc. "In addition, the Xfire Communities platform gives game publishers the ability to utilize the unique Xfire features like Live Broadcasting, Instant Communication and Video Capture for their own management of events."
Xfire Communities extends the reach of existing viral communication by allowing program managers to effectively communicate with gamers and to engage more deeply. The result is deep community engagement and expansion. Xfire Communities allows the unprecedented ability to schedule and run live events, offer prize competitions, post news and trailers, and otherwise interact with gamers free of charge.
Gaming companies, along with gamers of all types, will benefit from the many new features provided by Xfire Communities, including unlimited game tracking statistics, news, activity reports, event calendars, reminders, live streaming broadcasts, archived video, forums, screenshots, email access, and instant message alerts.
By leveraging the popularity of Xfire, publishers looking for a constant presence in the industry will find a turn-key solution to market their own brand or product with Xfire Communities, gaining a prime slot under the eyes of some of the most dedicated, hardcore gamers in the world.
Several games have already started Official Communities on Xfire including Funcom's Age of Conan, Gamehi's Sudden Attack, Cybersport's Football Superstars and Aeria Games' DragonSky and Wolf Team.
For more information about Xfire Communities, or to participate in upcoming Play 2 Win, Live Chats, Video Capture contests, and Clans Competitions, log on to http://www.xfire.com.
About Xfire, Inc.
Xfire, Inc. is one of the fastest growing online gaming platforms and communities in the world, helping gamers easily connect, chat, and play with their friends online. Xfire is a free service that allows gamers to communicate through IM and voice chat, capture video and screenshots, broadcast live video, surf the web while gaming and track their gaming statistics. With 14 million members in over 100 countries, Xfire is an international community connecting gamers across the globe. Xfire is a wholly owned subsidiary of MTV Networks and is based in Menlo Park, CA.
Xfire Revamps Free Clans and Guilds System, Expanding Capacity and Adding Community Management Tools
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Xfire, the gaming community mainstay with a user base that just surpassed 14 million, today introduced Xfire Communities, providing the latest communication tools and features that allow gaming companies to take managing their communities to the next level.
With the new Xfire social networking infrastructure, a company wanting to reach out to the Xfire community can now utilize the platform in the same vain as Facebook and Twitter. Xfire Communities currently boasts nearly 350,000 individual clans and guilds, over one million captured videos and six million game play screenshots. This is truly a viral entertainment toolset.
"We have always had the users; now we are just making them more accessible," says Matt Gilman, Vice President of Marketing, Xfire, Inc. "In addition, the Xfire Communities platform gives game publishers the ability to utilize the unique Xfire features like Live Broadcasting, Instant Communication and Video Capture for their own management of events."
Xfire Communities extends the reach of existing viral communication by allowing program managers to effectively communicate with gamers and to engage more deeply. The result is deep community engagement and expansion. Xfire Communities allows the unprecedented ability to schedule and run live events, offer prize competitions, post news and trailers, and otherwise interact with gamers free of charge.
Gaming companies, along with gamers of all types, will benefit from the many new features provided by Xfire Communities, including unlimited game tracking statistics, news, activity reports, event calendars, reminders, live streaming broadcasts, archived video, forums, screenshots, email access, and instant message alerts.
By leveraging the popularity of Xfire, publishers looking for a constant presence in the industry will find a turn-key solution to market their own brand or product with Xfire Communities, gaining a prime slot under the eyes of some of the most dedicated, hardcore gamers in the world.
Several games have already started Official Communities on Xfire including Funcom's Age of Conan, Gamehi's Sudden Attack, Cybersport's Football Superstars and Aeria Games' DragonSky and Wolf Team.
For more information about Xfire Communities, or to participate in upcoming Play 2 Win, Live Chats, Video Capture contests, and Clans Competitions, log on to http://www.xfire.com.
About Xfire, Inc.
Xfire, Inc. is one of the fastest growing online gaming platforms and communities in the world, helping gamers easily connect, chat, and play with their friends online. Xfire is a free service that allows gamers to communicate through IM and voice chat, capture video and screenshots, broadcast live video, surf the web while gaming and track their gaming statistics. With 14 million members in over 100 countries, Xfire is an international community connecting gamers across the globe. Xfire is a wholly owned subsidiary of MTV Networks and is based in Menlo Park, CA.
