M&A Deal Summary

Activision Blizzard Acquires FreeStyleGames

On September 12, 2008, Activision Blizzard acquired digital media company FreeStyleGames

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Activision Blizzard’s 12th transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Activision Blizzard’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-09-12
Target FreeStyleGames
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Activision Blizzard
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

FreeStyleGames

Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
FreeStyleGames Ltd. is a video game developer specializing in music based games.

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Buyer

Activision Blizzard

Santa Monica, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Digital Media
Employees9,500
Revenue 8.1B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Activision Blizzard's corporate headquarters in Santa Monica, California.
Activision Blizzard's corporate headquarters in Santa Monica, California.

Activision Blizzard is a developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and video game products. The Company was originally established in 1979 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 21
Sector: Digital Media M&A 12 of 17
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 16 of 21
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-26 Bizarre Creations

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Bizarre Creations Ltd. is an independent video game developer and a provider in the racing category.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-10 Budcat Creations

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Budcat Creations LLC is a video game developer. Budcat Creations is an award-winning development studio with expertise on the Wii home video game system and the Nintendo DS.

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