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[rsdworker]

Originally Posted by Fubb

yesterday it still said that they'd be operating indefeniatly or sumfin until march 30th, the sajme thing it said ony march 30th, 29th, 28th....

And what do ya know? It is April 1st, Sites still running, and they dont have that bar up there saying there closing.

David, we were right, it WAS a april fools joke...HIGH FIVE YA!

YAY i am right about that - HIGH FIVE YA!

[Burger Meister]

if this was an april fool's joke they are going to piss off a lot of people. I've seen quite a few mod sites PAY for new hosts and move their sites over. Wow this is a really untasteful joke...

[Fubb]

Originally Posted by rsdworker

YAY i am right about that - HIGH FIVE YA!

Oops

Point is, i think they LIED to the world.

Plus thinkabout it Burger Meister; The American Goverment pisses of millions of people everyday! And there still around!

[ianfreddie07]

I knew FileFront wouldn't close on such short notice.

[red_avatar]

I dunno if it's an April 1st joke - I heard that there were companies willing to invest funds so maybe they got a bail-out. As a joke, this would be very offensive since many MANY people wasted bandwidth getting everything backed up.

[Dave]

Mhhh...

FileFront has been acquired by the original founders of the site and will NOT be suspended as previously announced. This is NOT an April Fool's Joke.


After learning about Ziff Davis Media's plan to shut down FileFront at the end of March, the original founders of FileFront made the decision to buy it back from Ziff Davis Media.


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!

[Fubb]

[red_avatar]

See, I was right .