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February 2010

  Mitchjay1992 becomes next moderator of Playfire!

  Sexy new profile gallery images and videos - with added comments!

  A faster, easier way to get your gaming friends on Playfire!

  A bunch of small improvements to your home feed

January 2010

  Visual improvements and speed upgrades coming to the forums!

  Fun new Home Apps feature on your homepage

  Everybody give a warm welcome to the new Playfire dev - Tom!

December 2009

  Playfire GOTY 2009 - Winner Revealed!

  Playfire Game Of The Year 2009 - vote now!

  Fatpigeon2 becomes the newest Moderator!

November 2009

  Gamers unite!

  Exciting new changes coming to your home

October 2009

  Mini milestone: 1 million forum posts!

  Brand new homepage feed to see and comment on friend activity!

August 2009

  Xbox Live stats & activity now on Playfire

  iPhone Playfire site now available!

July 2009

  New Dashboard Game Tracker + Multiple Group/Clan Admins

  New Microblog System Live

  New Boxart submission system

  New Notifications page

  User Generated Content & Gamepage 2.0

  Forum Stickies

June 2009

  Points, Levels & Awards

  E3 2009: Seb's debrief - with pictures and videos

  Playfire at E3 2009

May 2009

  New Games Cabinet Theme Selector

  Three new Moderators Appointed!

  Gaming Overview added to My Games

  New Boxart Gallery View added to My Games

  Comparison System Added for My Games

  New 'My Games' system released!

  Community News returns to Playfire!

March 2009

  Playfire Launch Brand New Automated Trophy card with Theme creator!

  New dev joined Playfire team - write a welcome comment on his profile!

  Playfire + Sony announce automated trophycards coming soon!

February 2009

  Now you can report inappropriate forum posts!

  PS3GamerKyle promoted to moderator

January 2009

  Busy working hard, but got a few little surprises for you!

December 2008

  Merry Christmas Everyone!

  'Tis the Season! Xbox Live integration, trophy cheaters pwned & more!

November 2008

  After three weeks of silence - One of our biggest updates ever!

October 2008

  Powerful filtering options for your homepage feed, and you can now add a game to our database!

  Any Playfire members in London, UK this Saturday? Live gaming quiz!

  Quoting for forums, delete clan/group, Steam ID support, and more!

  Quick little Friday update: Advanced filtering options for browsing members!

  New trophy cabinet, trophy stats and trophy leaderboard!

  5 new themes to celebrate the weekend!

  Wow, our biggest update ever! 6 new upgrades to Playfire.

September 2008

  My threads, new Friends page, and tons of backend improvements!

  New slim PS3 trophy card + themes

  New themes added!

August 2008

  Clans and groups have their own forums! (With privacy options too)

  We've levelled up our servers!

  Clans and groups & new slim navigation

  New Trophies Added to Playfire + icons updates

July 2008

  Back from vacation, lots of new updates!

  New Trophy updates!

  Who's pumped about PS3 Trophies? We are!

June 2008

  Do you guys like forums? We've just released a major upgrade to them!

  New dev blog added, beta badge & pages opened

  Brand spanking new Explore page!

  • New 'My Games' system released!

    Hi everyone,

     

    We know it's been a little while since our last major update, but there's been good reason; we've been working on lots of major new updates!

     

    The first of these is the new 'My Games' system which we've re-designed to make it even easier for you to update your gaming collection as it develops and share it with your friends.

     

    We've made lots of improvements to it; but here's a quick look at the main ones:

     

    - Quick toggle buttons so you can easily mark your games as 'Curently Playing', 'Favorites' or 'Completed'.

    - Custom game lists
    for those that want to sort their collection in more advanced ways. For example; "My favorite retro games".

    - Profile Games Cabinet
    with a wood theme and an optional secondary cabinet for any custom or predefined list of your choice.

    - Social Features: See which of your friends have the same games you do, what they think of them and how they rated them.

    Rating and commenting on your games now has an improved interface.

     

     

    To view the new system in action just click 'My Games' in the sites main navigation whilst logged-in and you will see the brand new interface.

     

    My Games: New interface


    http://pfcdn.net/site/t/blogimage/image/77.jpeg

     


    Create Custom Game Lists


     

     

    New Editing Interface


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    Profile Page 'My Games Cabinet'



     

     

    Social: See which of your friends have the same games


    http://pfcdn.net/site/t/blogimage/image/75.jpeg

     


    We're going to be sticking with My games for a while now to make it even better, so please post your suggestions in the comments section below and we'll be seriously considering the best ideas.

     

    We are currently working on a new gallery/boxart view (so you can see all your games at a glance), a My Games Overview page designed to tell you interesting things about your collection and a comparison system so you can compare your collections to others to see if you share any of the same games. Expect to see some these new additions in the near future.

     

    We hope you enjoy using the new My Games system!


    ~ The Playfire team

    • Solution Awesome work guys, my suggestions:
      1. more themes besides the wood theme2. Could the 1-10 favorite games please return? now its a t a random place3. We should be able to change the " I'm currently playing " too, since I don't wanna lose my favorites games tab but wanna add a I'm currenlty playing online list ' 10 months ago
    • dajmer79 I really like the new look and update you guys have done with this. The "My Collection" section was one that I normally use to skip over because it looked so bland and unappealing. Not anymore. Nice job! :) 10 months ago
    • kNoWlEdGe22 You guys are off the hook! Always coming up with good stuff! Great job!! Everyone complained about not getting things up quick enough... and all I can say is, a little patience... Keep up the good work! 10 months ago
    • Scarthy007 Great, so that was all the fuss was about! 10 months ago
    • eMeuVePe nice.. allow me some time until i click on everything on the new update :D 10 months ago
    • pHoEniXkYo Oh Great! 10 months ago
    • Porky Well it looks very good. http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/41.gif But I miss a button to sort my 'Favorite Games' like in the old interface. http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/46.gif 10 months ago
    • Vampah I like the new update, i joined lil while ago and found adding games quite annoying actualy lol, its kool now though, how bout the feature to move arround the tabs on your profile>id like to be able to put my trophies above my games cabinet 10 months ago
    • eMeuVePe im not getting use to the alphabetical order on the favorite games =/ 10 months ago
    • Vampah Oh and yeah, more cabinet themes 10 months ago
    • bnolan The new My Games section looks great! 10 months ago
    • zeke2040 it sound okay, i'll try it out to see if its any good or if i'll even bother with it.. 10 months ago
    • hydroman420 Nice Job guys..a Bit coloful but nice :) 10 months ago
    • FinestX You. Guys. Rock. 10 months ago
    • DBZ0wnz you spell my name wrong too, i like this idea, it should be fun to use aswell. 10 months ago
    • RLWII Great work, this website is one of the best! 10 months ago
    • JaKhris Looking good, awesome job you guys. :) 10 months ago
    • direkt57 cool 10 months ago
    • Jaden Hey guys,
      Nice update, I really like these new features. 10 months ago
    • skippycue Good job guys, I really like the new look and feel! It inspired me to add all my games. :) 10 months ago
    • Kreuger33 Great update! I can't add new games though. The yellow box comes up and then just disappears. Tried Firefox 3.0.10, IE6 and Opera 10. 10 months ago
    • wicked_insanity Very hefty update, good work guys. keep it coming! 10 months ago
    • Kreuger33 It seems to be working for me if I go to the game's page, just not from the search one. 10 months ago
    • Kluv I love this!!!! i really do, the my games section needed some work, i'm glad it finally upgraded.
      and ooh! ooh! my idea that i've always wanted. To expand on the "social features" have a matchmaking system that matches you with people who rate the games the most similar to yours. That way you can find friends easily who have the same games AND the same taste. So like if i gave GTA 4 a 2/5 and Resistance 2 a 5/5, i would find someone who did the same thing! This would really help for making friends. 10 months ago
    • Katmassive I've been waitin on the toggle buttons great guys. 10 months ago
    • Fobeus Nice work folks! More cabinet themes would be nice though. 10 months ago
    • NemesisUS Great job, guys. 10 months ago
    • Daryl cool 10 months ago
    • MAspiderface2 Good job guys! Keep up the good work! ;) 10 months ago
    • Apoc47 Sweet! Playfire is the best! I don't even get on other social sites! Keep up the great work guys!!!! 10 months ago
    • Toptuning Thanks for this !!! Can I select a Theme? 10 months ago
    • badboywazz i think its a great update to the my games section 10 months ago
    • zosotatt Nice feature! 10 months ago
    • SilentJ Awesome update! 10 months ago
    • fire229 Amazing guys! checking it out now! 10 months ago
    • Blazincloud wow this is a big one. Good Job you guys! 10 months ago
    • Xaerom Great job, as usual !!! 10 months ago
    • Kyle Cool, thanks! Gonna get started right now. 10 months ago
    • TsengVII Great work! Awesome update! 10 months ago
    • VenusDoom13 VERY nice new features. This is why I stick it out with Playfire, no other site works as hard as you guys do! Thanks again 10 months ago
    • lorenzo456 wow 10 months ago
    • harajuku_ Congratulations! Gotta say that now it's easier, faster and looks much better. You did a great job, guys :) 10 months ago
    • Rain2225 Good deal. :D 10 months ago
    • Lucario Very cool updates guys! 10 months ago
    • nephtis69 Epic stuff. I agree with Solution on "more themes". I think the wood theme is a little too traditional for my taste.
      Ooo I just had a thought. Make themes based on the top 10 places we keep our games, like bed covers, shelves, carpets, glass desk, super model, fridge, freezer (with a cool icy effect!) microwave (rotating lol), space, and even underwater (with FISH!).
      No? :p 10 months ago
    • doktavenom Great additions as always, site is growing nicely...thanks 10 months ago
    • EDD_9012 you guys did an amazing job!! im liking the new system! kudos! 10 months ago
    • Chicagofan wow about time!
      awesome update devs 10 months ago
    • Awsomonium I like the cursor when it loading or changing something, it has the PF symbol and it fades a little, is there anyway i can get that cursor for my own pc? 10 months ago
    • Ves Perfect! Now I don't have to use IGN's game collection anymore. 10 months ago
    • kratos2144 nice.8-) 10 months ago
    • NYC_Shadow Thats pretty cool but the automated trophycard still needs to be fixed. 10 months ago
    • AdmiralxHawkx AWSSSOOOOOOMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEE 10 months ago
    • jabba2281 Good job. Need more cabinet themes pls. The wood looks not very nice. 10 months ago
    • jabba2281 and the old 1-10 favorite game function was better then the new one. Now there are only random places. 10 months ago
    • Wicked_Bunny7 YaY thanks [: 10 months ago
    • J69L Yeah... all your Ideas are so great. thank you! ;) 10 months ago
    • Edeyie Awesome!! 10 months ago
    • NoFear720 errmmm...okay...? 10 months ago
    • theintrospect Awesome work, looks nice. 10 months ago
    • RAGNAROK14 Good work team the sites going great 10 months ago
    • monkie8u Love everything you doing people....alway great updates. Nice One :D 10 months ago
    • WARMACHINE___95 thats badass 10 months ago
    • Flowless looks nice, gj guys. 10 months ago
    • Vorlon Excellent improvement. 10 months ago
    • HOT_NEWYORKER_TASHA ITS REALLY COOL 10 months ago
    • rolson I`m most impressed by all the hardwork you guys have done, 10 months ago
    • Mercenary You guys at playfire continue to amaze me! \m/d(>.<)b\m/ 10 months ago
    • betaswitch Great, but it seems that my trophy card still won't update. 10 months ago
    • Vergil3690 Awesome Job guys! 10 months ago
    • Anosbad sdfhsiuzgdhisgeeos 10 months ago
    • BURN_ZER0 Awesome, keep up the good work ^^ 10 months ago
    • AjaxDeo this is awesome!!!!!good job!!! 10 months ago
    • psykocow Looks great guys! :) 10 months ago
    • Aggilus i think the new features are cool and let me have more control over my game collection 10 months ago
    • Arminas1781 Thats pretty cool, great idea!! 10 months ago
    • PapaSr Like the updates, little by little, one step at a time. 10 months ago
    • TdR7 Good job. Thanks. 10 months ago
    • Gamer_Bas cool and nice one guys (: 10 months ago
    • jubz95 thats fantastic 10 months ago
    • lilkcceleb Loves It! 10 months ago
    • Gunbullet A big thumbs up for all the great work with the site! As mentioned I too would like to see more themes besides the present wood theme, other than that a big thanks. :D 10 months ago
    • scobra77 Great job, it's easier messing with my collection now, and I like the wood paneling. Making custom lists is a great addition, too! But I wish I could sort the order of my favorite games. That's what I used to mess around with most the way it was before. 10 months ago
    • kanibalystiqk sw33t idea...i kno this might be pesty, but could u make a check box for 'my threads' so we dont have 2 delete them 1 by 1?
      other than that, pretty good idea.:) 10 months ago
    • rgnastee The online meebo bar that appears on here now slows my computer down so much i rarely can come onto this site.. how do i disable it 10 months ago
    • fightgirl looks good, nice changes =] 9 months ago
    • KarlosDeJackel All looks very good guys, but could you give us back the ability to sort are favorites as we see fit.
      Thank you 9 months ago
    • BigFox O_O 9 months ago
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