Acitvision Publishing has strengthened its stable of UK studios with the acquisition of FreeStyleGames.
The publisher said the music game talents of the Leamington Spa-based team, which previously worked on original PSP/PS2 title B-Boy (which won the Develop Award for best audio in 2007), attracted it to the studio.
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