FileFront is shutting down

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Twista

Originally posted by: amddude
This definitely bad news, but you can always use download managers that support segmented downloading to get stuff fast...

:brokenheart:Now i believe its a April fools joke

yeah, I am pretty sure it's an April fools joke!

 

[Aikouka]

This is where I usually downloaded my WoW movies from (as redirected from WCM). Great speeds, no hassles... no complaints!

 

[oogabooga]

dang, i really liked filefront.

 

[Crono]

I thought they were too big to fail, and then I realized I was getting them confused with FilePlanet.
FileFront was actually good.

 

[A554SS1N]

I really don't think it's an April fools thing, otherwise it'd be announced on the day, right?

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: A554SS1N
I really don't think it's an April fools thing, otherwise it'd be announced on the day, right?

After everybody rushed to download all their favorite mods before they're lost, the announce "we did it for teh lulz" the next day.

Makes sense to me.

 

[Twista]

:| THERE GONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Red Squirrel]

People hardly fall for stuff on april 1st anymore so it would make sense to start a joke like that a few days before.

 

[FelixDeCat]

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.

Due to the very unfortunate timing of this event and related announcements on March 24th and April 1st (April Fool's Day), we'd like to make it perfectly clear that:

1) The March 24th announcement about FileFront shutting down was NOT an early April Fool's joke and Ziff Davis Media had every intention of shutting down FileFront by the end of March.

2) This announcement about the original founders buying back FileFront from Ziff Davis Media is also NOT an April Fool's joke.

3) We're making this announcement on April 1st because the deal was completed today and we want to bring all services back online immediately.

4) We would NEVER shut down FileFront as an April Fool's joke.

5) We are happy to be back!

FileFront has existed in one form or another (originally as FileLeech and Voodoo Extreme's downloads) since 1997. 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. We look forward to improving FileFront and serving the gaming community for years to come.

Welcome home. Game On!

 

[Q]

cool

 

[Barfo]

Heh...unintended April Fools.