Microsoft buys Zenimax and Bethesda

[Quartz]

Story here

https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/microsoft-acquires-zenimax-media-and-bethesda/

 

[Semple]

Will be interesting to see which direction MS takes the studios.

 

[Gray2233]

That could be big for Microsoft depending on how they manage things.

I'll be interested to see if Bethesda are forced to improve their standards going forward.

 

[Vern1961]

That could be big for Microsoft depending on how they manage things.

I'll be interested to see if Bethesda are forced to improve their standards going forward.

Believe me, given current issues with the new Flight Sim (see thread elsewhere in this forum) by contrast I would trust Bethesda any day.

 

[StriderX]

Can they kindly fire Todd Howard and his Lead Writer?

 

[MissChief]

This now means MS are due to publish two PS4 Exclusives unless plans change.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Could be huge in the console space. Hopefully they don't interfere in the work of id and Arkane. Less interested in TES and Fallout as I used to be... Other games just do open world a lot better than them.

 

[antijoke]

Wonder if they have any plans for a Quake revival.....this is megaton level news though.

 

[Illuminist]

Does that include id software as well?

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Does that include id software as well?

Yep.

This guy still has it;

https://twitter.com/x/status/1308038491503308802

https://twitter.com/x/status/1308040320148533255

 

[Bluecube]

Does that include id software as well?

It says so in the article

 

[almoststew1990]

I think MS own Obsidian of New Vegas and The Outer World's fame too. Obsidian are old Interplay employees I think? Who made the original fall outs. Unless I'm getting my developers missed up. Anyway they're all one happy family now...

 

[Gray2233]

Believe me, given current issues with the new Flight Sim (see thread elsewhere in this forum) by contrast I would trust Bethesda any day.

Imagine what they could do if they combined their efforts?

The horror...

 

[V F]

Wonder if they have any plans for a Quake revival.....this is megaton level news though.

Quake is a lost cause I'm afraid.

 

[robfosters]

Great that all, or most, of the games are going to be on PC gamepass.

 

[diamount]

Quake is a lost cause I'm afraid.

Doom was brought back, why not Quake?

 

[Stu999]

Would be interesting if their games became MS exclusive.

 

[413x]

Is this MS turning the screw on Sony because it sees gaming generating increasing revenue?

Will Microsoft eventually make this xbox exclusive?

Microsoft obviously has much much bigger buying power and can hoover these smaller studios up

 

[V F]

Doom was brought back, why not Quake?

There is only one person, two at most working on Quake. Only code changes and skins that's been sitting getting released every 3 months. Doom has way bigger marketing than Quake.

 

[Gimpymoo]

This is MASSIVE news.

Interested to see where everything falls.

Zenimax has not been the last word in development/publishing though so who knows what this means.