Xbox Game Studios (2021–2023) Microsoft Gaming (2023–present)
Subsidiaries
Alpha Dog Games
Arkane Studios
Bethesda Softworks
id Software
MachineGames
Roundhouse Studios
Tango Gameworks
ZeniMax Online Studios
Website
zenimax.com
Footnotes / references [1][2]
ZeniMax Media Inc. is an American video game holding company based in Rockville, Maryland, and founded in 1999.
The company owns publisher Bethesda Softworks with its development unit Bethesda Game Studios (developer of The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield), as well as developers id Software (Doom, Quake, and Rage series), Arkane Studios (Dishonored, Prey, and Redfall), MachineGames (Wolfenstein series),[3] Tango Gameworks (The Evil Within, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and Hi-Fi Rush),[4] and ZeniMax Online Studios (The Elder Scrolls Online).
Microsoft announced its intent to acquire ZeniMax Media and all its subsidiaries for $7.5 billion on September 21, 2020.[5] The acquisition was completed on March 9, 2021.[6] ZeniMax Media is a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming along with Xbox Game Studios and Activision Blizzard.
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^Bass, Dina (September 21, 2020). "Microsoft to Buy Bethesda for $7.5 Billion to Boost Xbox". bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
^Richardson, Stuart (November 5, 2010). "Buyout brings birth of ZeniMax Sweden â?? report". Develop. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
^Garratt, Patrick (October 28, 2010). "Boom: Zenimax buys Tango and Shinji Mikami". VG247. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
^Browne, Ryan (September 21, 2020). "Microsoft buys Bethesda, maker of hit Fallout and The Elder Scrolls games, in $7.5 billion deal". CNBC. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
^Warren, Tom (March 9, 2021). "Microsoft completes Bethesda acquisition, promises some Xbox and PC exclusives". The Verge. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
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