What’s Wrong with Microsoft Acquiring Fallout, Doom, and Elder Scrolls?
27 September 2020
Is it justified to be pessimistic?
21 September 2020, Microsoft surprised the gaming industry and its community when announcing the Zenimax Media acquisition for US$7.5 billion in cash.
In case you didn’t know, Zenimax Media is pretty big since it has some companies and several popular franchises under its belt. According to Microsoft, ZeniMax Media (founded in 1999) has more than 2,300 employees.
These are the notable IPs (and its developer) under Zenimax:
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
- Fallout 3 (Bethesda)
- Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
- DOOM (2016, id Software)
- DOOM Eternal (id Software)
- Dishonored (Arkane Studios)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios)
- Wolfenstein: The New Order (Machine Games)
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine Games)
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood (Machine Games)
- The Evil Within (Tango Gameworks)
- The Evil Within 2 (Tango Gameworks)
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