New Xfire

Version 1.0 is now available of the Xfire server-browser/instant messenger client for gamers. The new release adds a feature called "Cross-game messaging," that allows messages to be sent to players who are already playing a game, and can even send messages from a player within one game to a player within an entirely different game, with this example offered: "So for the first time, a gamer playing Quake 3 could send messages to a friend playing Everquest or to a friend playing Counter-Strike, and so on."