{"id":10835,"date":"2020-09-22T10:05:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T00:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=10835"},"modified":"2020-09-22T10:05:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T00:05:45","slug":"microsoft-acquires-bethesda-parent-zenimax-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/microsoft-acquires-bethesda-parent-zenimax-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft acquires Bethesda parent ZeniMax Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years Microsoft has been quietly snapping a bevy of high-profile game developer houses and publishers, but none of them come remotely close to today&#8217;s announcement.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The acquisition of ZeniMax Media and the incorporation of the Bethesda Softworks family at Microsoft is a massive win for the company as it prepares to embark on its <a href=\"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/australians-can-pre-order-the-xbox-series-x-s-tomorrow-at-8am\/\">next-gen console journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The move brings a litany of beloved Bethesda franchises to the company&#8217;s already powerful offering in Xbox Game Pass and includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Doom<\/li>\n<li>The Elder Scrolls<\/li>\n<li>Fallout<\/li>\n<li>Quake<\/li>\n<li>Wolfenstein<\/li>\n<li>Fallout<\/li>\n<li>Dishonored<\/li>\n<li>Rage<\/li>\n<li>Prey<\/li>\n<li>The Evil Within<\/li>\n<li>Deathloop<\/li>\n<li>Ghost Wire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It also means future releases such as the long anticipated <em>Starfield<\/em> will release day 1 as a part of the Xbox Game Pass service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10837\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10837\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/27123640\/xbox-game-studios-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/27123640\/xbox-game-studios-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/27123640\/xbox-game-studios-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/27123640\/xbox-game-studios-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/27123640\/xbox-game-studios-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/27123640\/xbox-game-studios-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/27123640\/xbox-game-studios-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/27123640\/xbox-game-studios-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/27123640\/xbox-game-studios.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Xbox Game Studios family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the past few years Microsoft has been quietly snapping a bevy of high-profile game developer houses and publishers, but none of them come remotely close to today&#8217;s announcement.\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":10836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Holy moly! 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