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Microsoft Corp. said Monday it plans to acquire ZeniMax Media Inc., owner of the famous video game publisher Bethesda Softworks, for $ 7.5 billion, its largest video game purchase to date.
Bethesda is the publisher of games like The Elder Scrolls, Doom, and Fallout and also has at least two games scheduled to debut next year.
Rockville, Maryland-based ZeniMax also owns several other studios around the world, giving Microsoft’s Xbox business a much-needed infusion of titles and game developers.
Microsoft will launch a new generation of Xbox consoles in November at the same time as Sony Corp’s PlayStation 5. Games in a row for the new Xbox so far have disappointed some gamers, especially after Microsoft delayed its biggest title, Halo Infinite. . until next year.
The software maker has been adding new game and content creators, including acquiring six studios in 2018 and one last year. He spent $ 2.5 billion to buy the maker of Minecraft in 2014.
Microsoft relies on its game subscription service, Game Pass, to attract users and increase revenue, and it needs compelling content to attract customers to that product.
Bethesda had previously agreed to release two of its upcoming games, Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, on Sony’s new PlayStation instead of Xbox.
Both games were billed as “timed console exclusives,” meaning they would be restricted to the PlayStation 5 for a fixed period of time before hitting Xbox. It remains to be seen how this acquisition will affect that deal.
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