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Xfire launches e-sports platform with big Brazilian online company (exclusive)

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Xfire launched a new e-sports platform in partnership with BoaCompra, a big Brazilian online payments company.

Xfire and BoaCompra, a division of media conglomerate UOL, held a League of Legends online multiplayer game tournament over the weekend that drew 3,400 Brazilian players. The event generated 750,000 event page views and more than 20,000 registrations for the Xfire beta test.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.