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Microsoft aquires ZeniMax Media (Bethesda, id, Arkane, MachineGames, and more)

Posted on 9/21/20 at 9:07 am
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27235 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 9:07 am
Talk about a big dick move. Massive news.

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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 world, Bethesda is an incredibly talented group of 2,300 people worldwide who make up some of the most accomplished creative studios in our industry across Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios. These are the teams responsible for franchises like The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Wolfenstein, DOOM, Dishonored, Prey, Quake, Starfield and many more.


Let's hear the arguments against Game Pass now.
This post was edited on 9/21/20 at 9:10 am
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39358 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 9:49 am to
I hope this doesn't mean Elder Scrolls and Fallout will be xbox exclusives now. Between this and them trying to acquire WB games it looks like they're actually trying to improve, which is good to see.
Posted by sicboy
Because Awesome
Member since Nov 2010
77649 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 9:50 am to
LINK


lol


If we end up getting a Fallout 3 and NV remaster out of this, well worth it.
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66514 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 10:03 am to
exactly what they needed

Posted by Fat Batman
Gotham City, NJ
Member since Oct 2019
1411 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 10:28 am to
at people in this thread who were praising Sony for the tactic of creating exclusives and how much value that adds to PS5 who are now saying it would be a bad move for MS to make these games exclusives due to loss of revenue.
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37502 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 10:33 am to
I really hope they stick it to Sony and make it all Exclusive, but they won't.

I'm tired of the exclusivity game and that is Sony's bread and butter. Someone has to shut it down. There is no reason that all of these platforms can't have access to the same games. Such a waste.
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
21357 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 10:43 am to
Finally Microsoft making some moves. Maybe. Surely fallout and elder scrolls will be on PC. All is well.
Posted by musick
the internet
Member since Dec 2008
26126 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 11:25 am to
Microsoft took one of the best games ever made (Minecraft) and quickly turned it into cancer.

This is terrible news for gamers everywhere.

As for the PS5/Xbox thing, Microsoft allowed Minecraft to continue on PS4, they just put it behind and lagged the updates, expect something similar (games coming out on Xbox first, then months later PS5)
This post was edited on 9/21/20 at 11:28 am
Posted by Mystery
Member since Jan 2009
9003 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 11:34 am to
Wild arse deal.

This is the type of stuff Xbox needs to compete.
I am surprised they did this. Good for them.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
51090 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 11:49 am to
Oh wow that is huge news. I'm sure exclusives will come out of this, but I don't even care. Looking forward to all of the games from all of those developers being placed on Game Pass.

Anyone still want to pretend they don't see the value of Game Pass?
This post was edited on 9/21/20 at 11:50 am
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
28119 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 1:22 pm to
exclusive means xbone and pc

and i could easily see tes 6 being xbone/pc exclusive
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Simcoe Strip - He/Him/Helicopter
Member since Oct 2011
36743 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 2:02 pm to
Is this the biggest gaming move in gaming history? Only thing I can think of is the Activision - Blizzard merger, and that's not even all that close in comparison
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 5:06 pm to
I loved me some DOOM 2 in the 90s on ps1

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