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Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:48 pm
by Wufei Chang
System Broadcast:
Xfire was bought by new owners today. Most of the team that has built Xfire over the last six years is leaving. We enjoyed working for you for the last 127 releases and wish we could stay to create the next 127. Good bye, good luck, and game on. --- The Xfire Team
Mon Aug 02 18:16:11 2010
i remember Viacom buying it, back in April 2006, but any idea who owns it now?
discuss....
Re: Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:00 pm
by Magyk
Saw that earlier today, Xfire website has been down since that message went up.
EDIT: I lied, forums are up.
I read that Xfire was sold to a company called "3D Realms", but Wikipedia just has it listed as being sold to an undisclosed company.
Re: Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:00 pm
by Duo
Is xfire really worth the money? Do they really take in that much income with a single small banner ad on the buddy list?
Re: Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:30 pm
by Kerafym
Duo wrote:Is xfire really worth the money? Do they really take in that much income with a single small banner ad on the buddy list?
Considering like 80% of people who game for more than 2 hours a week have XFire, I'd say there's a high likelyhood.
Re: Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:31 pm
by tens0r
MTV bought it.
Re: Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:23 am
by Laser
it was me and my fellow business tycoons
Re: Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:31 am
by Magyk
tens0r wrote:MTV bought it.
Wrong, Viacom is the parent company of MTV.
MTV actually
sold Xfire to a company called Titan Gaming.
http://titanplatform.com/
Re: Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:04 am
by Duo
So basically it's going to become another Steam.
Re: Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:56 pm
by Kain
Sounds like it.
Re: Xfire buyout......again
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:30 pm
by xilnar