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Sep 21, 2020 · As the gaming industry transforms from a device-centric era to a player-centric era powered by new technology that provides the freedom to play with friends anywhere on any device, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) on Monday announced plans to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, one of the largest, privately held game ...
Sep 21, 2020 · As the gaming industry transforms from a device-centric to player-centric form of entertainment, Microsoft announced plans today to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, one of the largest privately held game developers and publishers in the world.
In acquiring ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks and its eight incredible studios, Microsoft planned to bring the creators of critically acclaimed and best-selling gaming franchises (including The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and many others) into the Xbox family. Today is an exciting day for gamers around the world as we ...
- "Some new titles in the future [...] will be exclusive to Xbox and PC players."
- Confirmed Xbox Series X Games
By Matt Kim
Updated: Aug 17, 2021 12:07 am
Posted: Mar 9, 2021 2:35 pm
Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of developers like Bethesda, Arkane, id Software, and more, has been finalized. To celebrate, more Bethesda games will be added to Xbox Game Pass this week. It's also been confirmed that some new Bethesda games will be exclusive to Xbox and PC.
In a post on Xbox Wire, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer welcomed ZeniMax, Bethesda Softworks, and all their development studios to the Xbox family, saying, "Now that everything is official, we can begin working together to deliver more great games to everyone."
Spencer added that there will be more news about how Xbox's teams will work coming later this year, but promised further Bethesda games would be added to Xbox Game Pass later this week to celebrate (no details on what those games are has been announced yet).
Xbox hasn’t been too straightforward with its plans for developers like Bethesda and id when it announced plans to acquire ZeniMax in 2020. Xbox boss Phil Spencer said in an interview that he wasn't actively planning for the future of studios like Bethesda until after the acquisition is complete.
So while Xbox hasn’t announced plans for console exclusivity, Xbox CFO Tim Stuart said that at the very least games from Bethesda and other ZeniMax studios will be “first or better or best” on Xbox platforms.
There are plenty of ways Xbox can put ZeniMax games on various first-party channels, whether that’s through the Xbox Game Pass subscription service on console and PC or the xCloud streaming service. Both options Spencer previously discussed when talking about the ZeniMax acquisition.
Xbox’s blockbuster acquisition of ZeniMax has sent shockwaves throughout the industry, bolstering Xbox’s first-party lineup, and has even seemingly scared off competitors like Google Stadia.
Sep 21, 2020 · Microsoft’s priciest video game acquisition, a $7.5 billion purchase of Bethesda Softworks parent company ZeniMax Media, shocked the industry on Monday. The deal puts Bethesda, one of the...
Sep 21, 2020 · By buying the game maker ZeniMax Media, the parent company of gaming studios like Bethesda, Microsoft gained control of major gaming titles like The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Quake and...
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Sep 21, 2020 · Announced by Head of Xbox Phil Spencer in an Xbox Wire post today, Microsoft will acquire ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion – 3 times the $2.5 billion it paid for Mojang and Minecraft in 2014 –...
