sentences:  Though the game was praised as a reinvention of the "Guitar Hero" series, the game did not sell as well as Activision expected; due to lowered forecasts, Activision let go of about half of FreeStyleGames' developers.In January 2017, Ubisoft acquired FreeStyleGames from Activision, with unclear consequences for the game.Activision shut down "GHTV" on December 1, 2018, reducing the available songs from almost 500 to the 42 present on-disc.