London, 23rd December 2013  –  Delivering earlier than Santa,  Green Man Gaming, the world’s fastest growing social commerce platform for video games, is happy to announce its launched the PS4 tracking BETA on its  Playfire service; the innovative social network where gamers can track their in-game achievements.

Following the most successful launch in PlayStation’s history, 2.4 million PS4 console owners can now track their game play and trophies, check out what the most popular PS4 titles are, and discover what their friends and the community are getting into on Playfire.

Specifically designed so that users can share their gaming experiences at the touch of a button on the Dualshock 4 wireless controller, the PS4 “SHARE” menu has been accessed more than 10.9 million times. As it’s the season for exchanging and spreading good news, Playfire users can share all their game play and opinions as the PS4 BETA also complements a freshly updated Vita and PS3 tracking system.

“We were one of the first services to support Xbox One game tracking, and are thrilled to present PS4 tracking in time for Christmas" said Paul Sulyok, CEO of Green Man Gaming and Playfire. "Thanks to the generous feedback from our community, combined with the quick work and skill of our talented development team, there will be many more exciting Playfire projects coming soon in 2014."

The Playfire community has already logged 1.5 billion achievements and trophies which is sure to rapidly swell as next-gen gamers are welcomed to the service. For more information or to join in the conversation, visit the Playfire  blog.

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For more information please contact:

Tracey McGarrigan, PR Manager

Tel: +442071352274  E: [email protected]   

Darren Cairns, EVP Marketing.

E: [email protected]

About Green Man Gaming and Playfire

Founded in 2010, Green Man Gaming is the leading UK-based digital retailer for PC games, selling more than 4,000 titles from over 250 publishing partners in over 190 countries around the world. Green Man Gaming extended the consumer offer further, launching online retail sales of PC-DVD, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4 games as well as current and next-gen consoles and peripherals, offering even more choice to the gaming market.

In July 2012, Green Man Gaming acquired Playfire, a huge and vibrant global social network of core gamers. This service allows consumers to automatically track their in-game achievements, trophies and gameplay, as well as follow other gamers’ achievements and conversations about the games they love.  With over 950m game data points registered by the large global network of gamers and 1.5 billion achievements and trophies won, Playfire has become a vital part of Green Man Gaming’s focus on service for the core gaming audience.

Green Man Gaming recently launched a Trade-in and Pre-owned service for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4 games in the UK and will be expanding this further in the next 12 months. Green Man Gaming has already operated a unique platform (patent-pending) for managing digital game trade-in and resale since 2010.

Green Man Gaming’s listing in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 “Ones to Watch” list can be found at http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/techotrindex.asp?siteID=31&yr=2013&x=18&y=14

More information on Green Man Gaming’s inclusion in the Future Fifty programme can be found at http://www.futurefifty.com/.