While I have previously news’d that Kaiser announced that X-Fire will be used in Hellgate, and the X-Fire official page had Hellgate London Listed, we finally have actual confirmation on how X-Fire will work.

Gamasutra has published an interview with both Xfire General Manager Adam Boyden and Tyler Thompson, Technical Director of Flagship Studios.

Boyden noted: “We are delighted to be working with the Flagship team around Hellgate. Our application and tools work extremely well independently of games, but can always have their functionality increased even more when integrated within the game itself. To this end Xfire has developed SDKs for statistics and voice chat to enable this integration. As for any more announcements, I would say that you should just watch this space!”

Gamasutra also asked Boyden whether there was particular advertising in Hellgate-specific areas of Xfire, given that the service is ad-supported - to which the GM replied: “There is nothing different for the Xfire user whether they play Hellgate or any of the other 900 odd games supported by Xfire. Within Hellgate the experience is seamless to the gamer and Xfire runs in the background.”

Also quoted as part of the press announcement, Tyler Thompson, Technical Director of Flagship Studios commented of the deal: “By integrating Xfire’s voice chat feature into Hellgate: London, we are able to strengthen our online community and make it even easier for our players to connect together online. The Xfire package will bolster the overall gaming experience for our users.”

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