Guides

Finding old gaming friends

Step-by-step guides for tracking down the people you used to play with — whether you have a username, a clan tag, or just a memory.

How to find someone you used to play games with online

A practical, step-by-step guide to tracking down an old online gaming friend when all you remember is a username, a game and roughly when you played.

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How to find an old gaming clan or guild

Tactics for tracking down former clanmates and guildmates from MMOs, shooters and strategy games — and for getting the whole group back together.

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How to reconnect with old friends from Steam, Xbox and PlayStation

Where to look on Steam, Xbox and PlayStation to find a lost gaming friend — and what to do when the account is gone and only a gamertag remains.

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How to find old friends after MSN, Xfire and the forums shut down

MSN, AIM, ICQ, Xfire, Skype, old forums, IRC and TeamSpeak servers are gone — here is how to find the friends you made on them when all you have left is a username.

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Ready to start the search?

Pick the game you played and post a free wanted post with the clues you remember.

Pick your game and reconnect