Break Media buys FileFront to move into games media

Break Media, which operates entertainment sites for men, is moving further into games today with its acquisition of FileFront Network.

The price of the deal wasn’t disclosed. Los Angeles-based Break Media will fold FileFront into its group of branded sites and invest in boosting the site’s editorial content. FileFront has 9 million unique monthly users and a network of 75 game-specific sites. It posts files such as patches that gamers need to update their PC games, and it covers game news as well. Break Media, meanwhile, reaches 100 million men through its various sites.

Keith Richman, chief executive of Break Media, is making other moves into games. Last month, the company launched its first social game, MMA Fight Picker, on Break Media’s CagePotato site. Other Break Media properties are Break.com, MadeMan, Chickipedia, HolyTaco, ScreenJunkies, and AllLeftTurns.

FileFront was created by I/O Error Development and first launched in December 2001.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.