FileFront Comes Back

Andy Chalk

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Nov 12, 2002
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FileFront Comes Back


FileFront [http://www.filefront.com], which announced in late March that it was suspending operations at the end of the month, has made a comeback.

The site has been acquired by its original founders from previous owner announcement [http://www.ziffdavis.com/] was made that the plug was being pulled.

But a last-minute reprieve has given FileFront new life. A new message [http://welcome.filefront.com/] on the site says, "We're happy to announce to the gaming community that as of today... FileFront is a completely independent company again and is no longer part of Ziff Davis Media. All previously suspended services should be active and working again. We thank Ziff Davis Media for their cooperation and willingness to keep the site and community alive."

Pains have also been taken to assure readers that despite the timing, the announcement of the shutdown was not an early April Fool's joke; Ziff Davis had "every intention" of terminating FileFront at the end of March, and the deal to transfer ownership to the founders just happened to be completed on April 1.

"In the last 12 years, FileFront has become the gaming community's most comprehensive and trafficked library hosting millions of files for thousands of games while requiring no registration and providing uncapped download speeds," the announcement continues. "We look forward to improving FileFront and serving the gaming community for years to come."

Good news indeed.


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accountdeletethis

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Sep 10, 2008
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This is good news indeed. Whenever I needed a mod for a game, filefront was the first site I turned to.
 

bitzi61

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Jan 28, 2009
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Sweet! I didn't use it all that much... but perhaps I'll have to start using it now!
 

RogueDarkJedi

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Dec 28, 2008
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Yeah, I was about to say because I was still able to download files yesterday even though the site was supposively closed.