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Microsoft announced that it bought Bethesda and parent company ZeniMax Media on Monday (21). This acquisition integrates the studios of The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Wolfenstein and more franchises to the suite of Xbox developers, dedicated to producing games for Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S and PC.
The news was shared by Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox division, on Twitter. “Xbox and Bethesda have worked together for years. We share similar passions and beliefs. I am proud to welcome you to the Xbox team. I am excited to promote the games together for gamers around the world,” the social media post says:
Xbox and @Bethesda we have worked together for years. We share similar passions and beliefs. Proud to welcome you to the team @Xbox. Excited about how we will advance together in games for players around the world https://t.co/0BcLULyFYF pic.twitter.com/2aectsejsk
– Phil Spencer (@ XboxP3) September 21, 2020
Bethesda has more than 2,300 people working around the world, divided between Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios.
The Bethesda purchase will cost $ 7.5 billion, three times the $ 2.5 billion invested in Mojang and Minecraft in 2014. The acquisition of the company is expected to close in the second half of 2021.
In a blog post, Todd Howard, Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios, says that Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are “optimized for the vast worlds we love to create, with generational leaps not only in graphics, but also in CPU and streaming. . data too “.
Pete Hines, Bethesda’s senior vice president of global marketing, said in a post: “We are still working on the same games as yesterday, created by the same studios we wanted to work with for years, and these games will be distributed by us.” According to him, “access to resources [possibilitado pela Microsoft] it will make us better publishers and developers. “
Bethesda games will eventually be added to the Xbox Game Pass catalog for console and PC. Microsoft has yet to reveal which titles will enter or when. Upcoming Bethesda releases will be integrated into Xbox Game Pass for PC or console the day they are released.
According to IGN, it is unclear whether the purchase integrates Bethesda Studios with Xbox Game Studios, and whether the newly acquired brand’s games will be exclusive to the Xbox brand. HE IGN contacted the company, questioning the effects of the transaction on games already in development (such as Starfield) and the temporary exclusivity of Deathloop on PS5. The company said it would not comment on the matter beyond previously published announcements.
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