Posted 04/02/09 at 04:25:45 PM by Nathan Grayson

Oh, sure, FileFront was circling the drain as recently as a few days ago, but fortunately, its original founders fished it out at the last second.

“We're happy to announce to the gaming community that as of today, April 1st, 2009, 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,” reads a message from FileFront’s founders.

FileFront also made it excessively clear that its brush with death was in no way an April Fool’s joke – despite the fact that the download service popped out of its casket during the least productive “work day” of the entire year.
 
So! Since April Fool’s seems to have somehow acquired the ability to – on a whim – resurrect Ziff Davis gaming properties, does this mean EGM also once more walks among the living? Please?

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Posted 03/26/09 at 04:49:54 PM by Andy Salisbury

FileFront, which is currently in its tenth year of service to the online gaming community, will be closing its doors for good at the end of March.

“We regret to inform you that due to the current economic conditions we are forced to indefinitely suspend the FileFront site operations on March 30, 2009,” said the site in a goodbye statement. “If you have uploaded files, images or posted blogs, or if you would like to download some of your favorite files, please take this opportunity to download them before March 30th when the site will be suspended.”

This is a huge loss for anyone that’s enjoyed the site’s services for either downloading patches, movies, or sharing files of their own. “We would like to give a warm thank you to all of you who have been part of the FileFront communities we have built together. Your support has had a meaningful impact for all of us here at FileFront,” the statement continued. “Keep gaming alive.”

*Moment of silence.*

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