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FreeStyleGames Ltd. is a medium sized independent video game development company with approximately 50 staff based in Leamington Spa, UK. The company was originally formed by Ex-Codemasters and Ex-Rare staff in late 2002, and has developed over the last 5 years into a well respected development outfit.

History

Their first title B-Boy, a game of competitive break-dancing, was published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and has so far been released in Europe (Autumn 2006), in Korea (Spring 2007), and is scheduled for release in North America in Fall 2008 by publishers Evolved Games and distributed by Southpeak Games.^[1] BBoy features Crazy Legs of the Rock Steady Crew, as well as many other well known B-boys from around the World. It won the IGN best of E3 2006 award for best PSP music game ^[2], and was nominated for two others.

In 2007, FreeStyleGames developed 2 titles in the Buzz! Junior series published by Sony Computer Entertainment - Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam and Buzz! Junior: Monster Rumble. Both games were co-developed with Liverpool based developer Magenta Software, in RoboJam Magenta Software made twenty out of the twenty six mini-games, whereas in Monster Rumble FreeStyleGames made twenty out of twenty six.

Purchase by Activision

In September 2008, FreeStyleGames was purchased for an undisclosed sum by Activision following a period of commercial cooperation, mainly involving localized downloadable content for the Guitar Hero series.^[3] FreeStyleGames will continue to operate as an independently run development studio.

The first game the company will develop under Activision's ownership will be DJ Hero, a spinoff of the Guitar Hero series.^[4]

References

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External links

• FreeStyleGames
• FreeStyleGames news at GamesIndustry.biz
• FreeStyleGames signs new deal with Red Bull