Xbox has announced that it has acquired famed video game publisher Bethesda Softworks and its parent company ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion. Bethesda is best known as the studio behind The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, and the upcoming space RPG Starfield. The studios acquired under the deal include Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios.
“Bethesda’s games have always had a special place on Xbox and in the hearts of millions of gamers around the world. Our teams have a close and storied history working together, from the amazing first Doom, and its id Tech engine, innovating games on PCs to Bethesda bringing their first console game to the original Xbox, the groundbreaking The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind,” wrote Xbox head Phil Spencer on Xbox Wire. “Over the years I’ve had many deep conversations with the creative leaders at Bethesda on the future of gaming and we’ve long shared similar visions for the opportunities for creators and their games to reach more players in more ways.”
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