please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message freestyle games type subsidiary industry video games founded 2002 headquarters leamington spa warwickshire uk products dj hero series guitar hero series number of employees 50 parent activision 2008 present website www.freestylegames.com freestyle games is a british video game development company with approximately 50 staff based in leamington spa warwickshire . the company was originally formed by ex codemasters and ex rare staff in late 2002 . contents 1 history 1.1 purchase by activision 2 games developed 2.1 independent company 2.2 under activision 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 2006 and in korea 2007 also in north america 2008 by publisher evolved games and distributed by southpeak games . 1 b boy 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 two 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 robo jam magenta software made twenty out of the twenty six mini games . while in monster rumble freestylegames made twenty out of twenty six . purchase by activision edit on 12 september 2008 freestylegames was purchased for an undisclosed sum by activision following a period of commercial cooperation mainly involving localised downloadable content for the guitar hero series . 3 freestylegames will continue to operate as an independently run development studio . the first game the company developed under activision s ownership was dj hero a spin off of the guitar hero series . 4 in april 2016 it was announced that around 50 staff were made redundant as part of a reshuffle by activision . 5 games developed edit independent company edit year title of game platform s 2006 b boy playstation 2 2007 buzz junior robo jam playstation 2 2007 buzz junior monster rumble playstation 2 under activision edit year title of game platform s 2009 dj hero playstation 2 playstation 3 xbox 360 wii 2010 dj hero 2 playstation 3 xbox 360 wii 2012 sing party wii u 2015 guitar hero live playstation 3 playstation 4 xbox 360 xbox one wii u 2015 call of duty online microsoft windows references edit b boy to release in the u.s. . ign . retrieved 14 april 2015 . psp best of e3 2006 awards . ign . retrieved 14 april 2015 . faylor chris 12 september 2008 . activision buys music game dev . freestylegames will create guitar hero dlc and new music title . shacknews . retrieved 12 september 2008 . pigna kris 14 september 2008 . new dj hero rumors emerge . 1up . retrieved 14 september 2008 . http www.eurogamer.net articles 2016 04 01 layoffs at guitar hero live dev but freestyle games to remain open external links edit official website freestylegames articles at gamesindustry.biz freestylegames signs new deal with red bull v t e activision list of video games main franchises call of duty crash bandicoot destiny guitar hero skylanders tony hawk s subsidiaries current beenox demonware freestylegames fun labs high moon studios infinity ward king digital entertainment major league gaming radical entertainment raven software sierra entertainment sledgehammer games toys for bob treyarch vicarious visions former bizarre creations budcat creations gray matter interactive infocom luxoflux massive entertainment neversoft redoctane shaba games swordfish studios underground development behaviour santiago related activision blizzard blizzard entertainment vivendi games robert 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