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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.
- Chris Plante
- "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 · That's because the Xbox and Windows maker announced Monday morning it is buying the corporate parent of Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax Media.
- Will Microsoft's studios stick to their own games, or will they collaborate? Obsidian created many people's favorite Fallout game, Fallout: New Vegas.
- How hands-on will Microsoft be? Microsoft probably didn't buy all of these studios to change what they do on day one. One imagines that ZeniMax Online will continue to support The Elder Scrolls Online in roughly the way it already is, and that Bethesda Softworks will continue to build giant RPGs without Phil Spencer leaning over Todd Howard's shoulder.
- What will be the first big game to test Microsoft's "case-by-case" policy of console exclusivity? Microsoft will honor Bethesda's existing timed exclusivity deals with Sony—Deathloop and GhostWire: Tokyo will release on PlayStation and PC first—but after that, Bethesda games will release on PC, Xbox, and "other consoles on a case-by-case basis."
- Will Game Pass devour PC gaming? Even now that the introductory rate of $5 per month has expired, Game Pass for PC remains the best deal in PC gaming.
Sep 21, 2020 · Xbox-owner Microsoft has acquired the games company behind blockbuster titles including Doom, Fallout, Skyrim and Wolfenstein. It is paying $7.5bn (£5.85bn) for Bethesda's parent ZeniMax...
Sep 21, 2020 · Microsoft announced Monday that it will acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of popular video game publisher Bethesda, for $7.5 billion. Here, a Microsoft store is shown in March in New York...
