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FileFront, one of the most popular file distribution sites on the net, has announced that it will be closing down at the end of the month. Launched in December 2001, FileFront was a popular destination for gamers looking for patches, mods, demos, videos and other game-related content and also hosted a wide range of other software, including drivers, internet software, audio-video packages and much more. But the site’s future became uncertain when UGO acquired 1Up from Ziff-Davis; FileFront was not part of the sale and while Ziff said it would continue to operate FileFront as part of the PC Magazine […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/56/56074.jpg