Ziff Davis has had a busy year. Waves of angst were felt through the gaming community overthe loss of EGM when Ziff Davis sold 1UP to UGO— many of us grew up reading that magazine. Today, another shocking dose of news comes withFileFront closing its virtual doors. As you’re able to see above, the reasons are economic. Not a surprise, but it’s still deeply troubling to see such tried and true sites go down like this.
UGO was unfortunately uninterested in acquiring FileFront, which probably led up to this turn of events. It seems surprising considering the site was actively used (and clearly enjoyed) by so many people, but it’s hard to know what may have been going on behind the scenes. In any case, it’s sad news indeed. Were any of you FileFront users?
