Xfire Sues IGN/GameSpy
November 2nd, 2006 by Darren Stevens in Business, Multiplayer, Online, PC, Software
Xfire, the gaming IM and multiplayer service, is suing GameSpy/IGN Entertainment’s “Comrade” service, claiming it infringes its own PC software. Xfire claims that “Comrade” uses a feature called “Buddy Sync”, which, according to Xfire, could “steal” its users and hard the company. IGN responded to the allegations by saying
“Xfire’s case is clearly a thinly veiled attempt to hijack Electronic Arts’ release of Battlefield 2142, after EA decided to incorporate IGN’s Comrade program in Battlefield 2142 instead of [Xfire],”
The lawsuit came the day before the release of Battlefield 2142, which stopped using Xfire’s service and switched over to IGN/GameSpy.
Read (GamesIndustry.biz)
Tags: Business, Multiplayer, Online, PC, Software
November 3rd, 2006 at 4:07 pm
god man EA is on a fricking roll.See MS is so powerful the strongest company in the world.They know it, they know it and dont act retarded.Some ppl say god vista is just ex on some games like crysis and halo.Do u know y? cuz they try to do everyting for ppl and they still get ppl that complain so they say its just for this one.PLus vista is 64 bit so its much much easier to port it on 1.Now with EA god another strong company from the atari age! guyz they made games in the stone ages i always thought on sega and snes they started.But charging for cheats?uniforms for madden, and something else with need for speed they re killing themselves.And witht eh battlefield series omfg, theyre dieing in a rapid rate
November 11th, 2006 at 8:01 am
Who cares…. does xFire really want to be associated with this spyware laced, ad infested piece of crap? I think not.