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Mar 9, 2021 · Mar 9, 2021, 2:33 PM UTC. Microsoft has finalized its $7.5 billion deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Doom and Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks. The finalization comes just a ...
- Not a Surprising Admission
Microsoft’s priciest video game acquisition, a $7.5 billion...
- Not a Surprising Admission
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 ...
Sep 21, 2020 · Microsoft’s plan to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks could make Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Doom and more into Xbox exclusives. But don’t worry about that just yet. Here’s what this ...
- Chris Plante
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 ...
- Microsoft will own The Elder Scrolls, Starfield, Doom and more.
- Are you more interested in Xbox now, if this acquisition leads to more exclusives?
- Confirmed Xbox Series X Games
By Joe Skrebels
Updated: Sep 21, 2020 5:20 pm
Posted: Sep 21, 2020 1:07 pm
Update:
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier and Dina Bass report that Phil Spencer has said Microsoft will honour the PS5 exclusivity agreed for Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, and future Bethesda games will appear on Xbox, PC, and other consoles on a "case by case basis".
To answer the question everyone is asking: Phil Spencer tells @dinabass that Xbox plans to honor the PS5 exclusivity commitment for Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo.
Yes
Possibly, it depends on the exclusives
No
I haven't decided yet
It's unclear whether Bethesda will be considered a part of, or separate to, the existing Xbox Game Studios fold. IGN asked Bethesda for clarification on that, and the effect on its in-development games – including Starfield's intended platforms, and the timed PlayStation exclusivity for Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo – but was told that there would be no comment beyond the existing statements given today.
Bethesda Game Studios executive producer Todd Howard wrote his own blog post about the benefits of the acquisition, pointing to the company's long association with Xbox, starting with porting Morrowind to Microsoft's first console. He says that Xbox Series S and X, "are optimized for the vast worlds we love to create, with generational leaps not just in graphics, but CPU and data streaming as well. It’s lead to our largest engine overhaul since Oblivion, with all new technologies powering our first new IP in 25 years, Starfield, as well as The Elder Scrolls VI."
Xbox also says it "will be adding Bethesda’s iconic franchises to Xbox Game Pass for console and PC." A press release added that Bethesda’s future games will be added, at launch, into Xbox Game Pass on Xbox or PC.
It's perhaps not a coincidence that the announcement comes the day before Xbox Series X and S preorders open.
Sep 21, 2020 · Today is a special day, as we welcome some of the most accomplished studios in the games industry to Xbox. We are thrilled to announce Microsoft has entered into an agreement to acquire ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks. As one of the largest, most critically acclaimed, privately held game developers and publishers in the ...
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Sep 21, 2020 · ZeniMax is the parent of Bethesda Softworks, a 2,300-employee team across eight gaming studios behind major franchises including The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake and Starfield.
