{"id":32292,"date":"2020-09-21T09:20:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T13:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=e55c3b8f28c13d05402659bc38f10451"},"modified":"2020-09-21T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T13:20:18","slug":"microsoft-is-acquiring-bethesda-softworks-parent-company-zenimax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=32292","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is acquiring Bethesda Softworks parent company ZeniMax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/9\/21\/21448877\/microsoft-bethesda-softworks-zenimax-acquisition-xbox-game-pass-series-x\">The Verge -  All Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: Microsoft did prop up the original XBox by scooping up Bungie and it worked out great for them, so maybe they're planning to repeat the trick.<\/div><img alt=\"Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/Hjif7hZ1xEU_acYwgHfYRaZ6aDI=\/760x0:1984x816\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/67442188\/ROW_Wolfenstein_II_Roswell_1496826976.0.jpg\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"\/><small>Bethesda Softworks<\/small>\n\n  <p>Microsoft has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2020\/09\/21\/welcoming-bethesda-to-the-xbox-family\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agreed to acquire ZeniMax Media<\/a>, the parent company of <em>Doom<\/em> and <em>Fallout<\/em> studio Bethesda Softworks, for $7.5 billion in cash. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/microsoft-to-acquire-zenimax-media-and-its-game-publisher-bethesda-softworks-301134492.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The acquisition<\/a> follows earlier Bethesda games coming to Xbox Game Pass on console and PC, and it gives Microsoft control of upcoming games like the space epic <em>Starfield. <\/em>Microsoft says future Bethesda games, including <em>Starfield<\/em>, will launch on Xbox Game Pass the day they come to Xbox or PC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethesda.net\/en\/article\/4IwKWIj174Cb2QNTTtBAEb\/todd-howard-on-joining-xbox\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The news arrives<\/a> just as Microsoft is gearing up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21432635\/xbox-series-x-s-release-date-news-price-features-specs-hardware-games\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launch two new consoles<\/a>, the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S. The companies haven&rsquo;t confirmed how this might affect the launch of specific future Bethesda games across different platforms, including the Bethesda-published Arkane game <em>Deathloop<\/em>, which was...<\/p>\n  <p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/9\/21\/21448877\/microsoft-bethesda-softworks-zenimax-acquisition-xbox-game-pass-series-x\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a>\n  <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethesda Softworks<\/p>\n<p>  Microsoft has agreed to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Doom and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=32292\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}