A Microsoft official on Tuesday (09) the acquisition process of ZeniMax Media, a conglomerate that owns the developer Bethesda and other companies in the industry. The purchase was initially announced in september 2020, but only now has it overcome all legal procedures, being approved by all parties involved and by market regulatory bodies.
With the movement, the franchise developer as The Elder Scrolls, Doom e Fallout now part of the family Xbox of consoles and services. The company itself published in its official profile on Twitter an animation about the arrival at the company, simulating an achievement on the platform.
— Bethesda (@bethesda) March 9, 2021
In the ad, Microsoft also said that its own channels will be “the best place for the new Bethesda gaming experience”, confirming that some company titles will be exclusive to the Xbox family and the PC in the future.
More details will be revealed in 2021, but the celebration starts this week with the arrival of new Bethesda titles in the Xbox Game Pass catalog.
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In all, Microsoft incorporated eight studios with the purchase: Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog and Roundhouse Studios.
The purchase cost US $ 7.5 billion and was tried in Europe on March 5 of this year, with inspection agencies approving the absorption after analyzing the future of the developers’ post-incorporation market.
As part of the celebration, Bethesda published the video above that quickly retells the story itself, which started in 1986 in the United States as a small software company.
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