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FreeStyleGames

Ubisoft Leamington
Formerly called
FreeStyleGames Limited (2002–2017)
Subsidiary
Industry Video game industry
Founded 29 November 2002; 14 years ago (2002-11-29) in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Founder
  • Alex Darby
  • Alex Zoro
  • Dave Osbourn
  • Jamie Jackson
  • Jonny Ambrose
  • Phil Hindle
Headquarters Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Key people
Richard Blenkinsop (managing director)
Products
Number of employees
50 (2016)
Parent
Website freestylegames.com

Ubisoft Leamington (formerly FreeStyleGames Limited) is a British video game developer located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. Founded on 29 November 2002 by six industry veterans formerly of Codemasters and Rare, the studios was bought by Activision in September 2008. In January 2017, Ubisoft acquired the studio from Activision and renamed it Ubisoft Leamington.

FreeStyleGames was founded on 29 November 2002 by Alexander Stephen "Alex" Darby, David Mark "Dave" Obsourn, Philip James "Phil" Hindle, and Jamie Jackson, formerly of Codemasters, and Alexander Charles William "Alex" Zoro and Jonathan Matthew Edward "Jonny" Ambrose, formerly of Rare. Their first title, B-Boy, a game of competitive break-dancing, was published and distributed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in Europe in 2006, and published by Evolved Games and distributed by SouthPeak Games in North America in 2008.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.

In 2007, FreeStyleGames developed the two titles Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam and Buzz! Junior: Monster Rumble, published by Sony Computer Entertainment, in collaboration with Liverpool-based developer Magenta Software.


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