Game Server Browsers: Xfire, Kali, Gamespy Arcade, the All-Seeing Eye, Hlsw, Gslist, Game Server Browser, Xqf, Kahn, Gameserverbrowser.Net

Chapters: Xfire, Kali, Gamespy Arcade, the All-Seeing Eye, Hlsw, Gslist, Game Server Browser, Xqf, Kahn, Gameserverbrowser.net, Playlinc. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Xfire (pronounced "X-Fire") is a freeware instant messaging service targeted at gamers, that also serves as a game server browser and has various other features. It is currently available for Microsoft Windows. Xfire was originally developed by Ultimate Arena based in Menlo Park, California. Xfire currently has over 15.7 million registered users. Xfire, Inc. was founded in 2002 by Dennis "Thresh" Fong (former Chief Gaming Officer; former U.S. Champion of Quake), Mike Cassidy (serial entrepreneur) (former CEO), Max Woon (former CTO) and David Lawee (former COO). The company was formerly known as Ultimate Arena but changed its name to Xfire when its desktop client Xfire became more popular and successful than its gaming website. Xfire, the desktop client code-named Scoville, was first developed in 2003 by Garrett Blythe, Chris Kirmse (current General Manager), Mike Judge, and others. The full credits can be found in About under the Help menu in the desktop client. On April 25, 2006, Xfire was acquired by Viacom in a US$102 million deal. In September 2006, Sony was misinterpreted to have announced that Xfire would be used for the PlayStation 3. What they actually meant was that only one PS3 game, Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom, was to use some of the features with more game support planned for the future. On May 7, 2007, Xfire announced they have over 7 million registered users. On June 13, 2007, Mike Cassidy (former CEO, co-founder) departed the company to work for venture capital firm Benchmark Capital. Adam Boyden (VP of Business Development