Software update: Xfire 1.40

Xfire has been updated to version 1.40. This instant messaging program is written especially for gamers. Not only can you chat with people on the contact list, you can also see where they are currently playing and add themselves to this game. At the moment, according to this page more than 350 games are supported, of which 129 games can be directly joined from the program via “Instant Joining”. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

Release notes for 1.40

• More enhancements to group chat
• including the Actions | Invite Friends to Room dialog and kick/banning users.
• Improved chat window creation to NOT steal the keyboard focus. This was a very strongly requested feature.
• Auto reconnect added. If you are disconnected from the Xfire servers
• you will automatically be reconnected after a short period of time. You can of course still reconnect immediately by hand.
• Added initial Xfire In-Game support for Direct3D 7. It’s enabled in No One Lives Forever
• Unreal Tournament
• Dungeon Siege
• and Dungeon Siege – Legends of Aranna.
• Added Xfire In-Game support for Second Life.
• Updated game server info for all of the Source engine games.
• Fixed several bugs that could cause file downloads to stall in rare circumstances.
• New games supported:
  • Dungeon Siege II Beta
  • Psychonauts
  • GTR
  • pariah
  • Psychotoxic
  • Immortal Cities: Children of The Nile
  • Championship Manager 5
  • Football Manager 2005
  • Total Club Manager 2005
  • Soldiers – Heroes of World War II
  • Plan of Attack
  • Total Annihilation
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 4
  • Age of Empires
  • Trackmania Sunrise
  • PokerStars.com
  • PokerRoom.com
  • EmpirePoker.com
  • TruePoker.com

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