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The best indication yet that The Pirate Bay is about to make a huge comeback

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:55PM EST
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A few short weeks ago, it seemed like The Pirate Bay might be gone for good. Then things took a turn in torrent fans’ favor when the site’s homepage came back online along with a digital timer that began counting down to February 1st. A hidden video of Arnold Schwarzenegger saying “I’ll be back” in Terminator 2: Judgement Day was an obvious suggestion that the service would indeed be making a comeback, and now it looks like it has taken a huge step toward finally making that comeback.

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Here’s what The Pirate Bay’s homepage looked like as recently as yesterday:

And here’s what it looks like now, as spotted by TorrentFreak:

As you can see, The Pirate Bay is clearly in the process of piecing its site back together and getting ready to relaunch after a major raid carried out by Swedish police took the site offline in early December.

The site is still expected to relaunch on February 1st, and for the time being none of the buttons on the homepage do anything. If you’re looking for a functional torrent search site in the meantime, here are four great Pirate Bay alternatives for you.

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