# Xfire - Online gaming IM

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xfire-online-gaming-im/254057>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 8, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xfire-online-gaming-im/254057 "2004-07-08T02:03:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xfire-online-gaming-im/254057/1 "2004-07-08T02:03:07Z")

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I ran across a piece of free software that is supposed to allow for IMing across a huge variety of on-line games. It’s called [XFire](http://www.xfire.com/xf/index.php).

I’m a little nervous about downloading this. Has anyone used it?