{"id":4907,"date":"2008-09-12T07:24:43","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T14:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4907"},"modified":"2014-10-28T16:28:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T23:28:25","slug":"blizzard-buys-freestylegames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/blizzard-buys-freestylegames\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Buys FreeStyleGames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12433\" alt=\"FreeStyle-Games-L\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/FreeStyle-Games-L.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"153\" \/>SEPT. 12, 2008 \u2022 To bolster its music-themed product, Activision Blizzard acquires U.K.-based FreeStyleGames. The latter is already localizing downloadable content for the Guitar Hero franchise, and is creating a new unannounced title in the music game genre.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Impact: The music genre is now a powerhouse and its potential is just now starting to be tapped. Downloadable music content to enhance the lifespan of products is the next big wave.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEPT. 12, 2008 \u2022 To bolster its music-themed product, Activision Blizzard acquires U.K.-based FreeStyleGames. The latter is already localizing downloadable content for the Guitar Hero franchise, and is creating a new unannounced title in the music game genre. Impact: The music genre is now a powerhouse and its potential is just now starting to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4907"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12435,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907\/revisions\/12435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}