Guitar Hero Live Developer Acquired by Ubisoft

The studio will assist on developing AAA games under a new name.

By Jordan Sirani

Guitar Hero Live and DJ Hero developer FreeStyleGames has been acquired by Ubisoft.

According to a blog post from Ubisoft, the formerly Activision-owned studio will work on AAA games "in close collaboration" with other Ubisoft studios, such as Grow Home developer Ubisoft Reflections. As part of the purchase, FreeStyleGames will be renamed Ubisoft Leamington.

FreeStyleGames suffered layoffs last April, nearly six months after the release of Guitar Hero Live. The studio would go on to assist Raven Software on the development of Call of Duty Online, Activision's free-to-play shooter in China.

Despite the acquisition by Ubisoft, in a statement provided to Eurogamer, Activision expressed its commitment to continuing to provide support to "the Guitar Hero TV platform."

Jordan is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @jdsirani.

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