Xfire Crosses 500,000 Mark

Users Report It Dramatically Changes the Way They Play Online Games

Menlo Park, CA - May 12, 2004 - Xfire, Inc. today announced that its free service, Xfire™, is now on over 500,000 gamers' PC's around the world. Xfire automatically tracks when and where gamers' friends are playing PC games online. With one click, gamers can instantly join their friends' games or play with friends of friends. Xfire also lets gamers message their friends who are in-game without crashing their game.