Microsoft acquires ZeniMax (& Bethesda)

[shyheimz]

The planned acquisition includes publishing offices and development studios spanning the globe with over 2,300 employees, including Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios. Bethesda’s critically acclaimed and best-selling franchises include The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, DOOM, Quake, Wolfenstein, and Dishonored, among others.

https://news.microsoft.com/2020/09/2...sda-softworks/

that's pretty huge if those franchises would become Microsoft exclusives

[SirFapsAIot]

so basically more free to play micro transaction chitfests on the way

never played elder scrolls / fallout, but anything related to bethesda is AIDS

DOOM = meh

Wolfenstein's sequel and the expansion to the sequel are/were trash

wtf is dishonored

MS basically has the opposite of the Midas touch

[KathleenRyan]

Monopolies get bigger n bigger

[ChristmasFnatic]

RIP switch!

[shyheimz]

Elder Scrolls and Fallout needs a new engine but sell huge.

Obsidian is already part of Microsoft Studios, so I wonder if that would impact the future of the Fallout-franchise in some way.

Also: wonder what that would mean for Ghostwire Tokyo & The Evil Within. Those are announced for PS5 as well, so I wonder if they could become timed exclusives?

[LtGoose]

Obsidian is already part of Microsoft Studios, so I wonder if that would impact the future of the Fallout-franchise in some way.

Also: wonder what that would mean for Ghostwire Tokyo & The Evil Within.

I don't think there will be another Evil Within. I would buy the new xbox if they announced one tho.

Ghostwire looks extremely meh. Especially after losing the queen of horror herself, Ikumi Nakamura.

Also Fallout is ded. Anyone who buys a new fallout game after 76 is a complete retard

[shyheimz]

Also Fallout is ded. Anyone who buys a new fallout game after 76 is a complete retard

That's why I wrote what I wrote in my 1st line, Fallout: New Vegas 2 would be hnnnnnnnggg

[bongowongo]

What in the absolute fuk

[bongowongo]

Dont they have regulatory bodies that look out for stuff like this lol, its a massive aquisition.




Hopefully MS still allows these games to be multifplatform though.

[ScramFranklin]

Huge news. This is industry shaking.

And all their games on game pass day 1. Amazing value, especially with game prices going up to $70. Stock up before they bump up the price.

Pretty smart to announce this the day before xbox preorders go live lol.

[taskmob]

Dont they have regulatory bodies that look out for stuff like this lol, its a massive aquisition.




Hopefully MS still allows these games to be multifplatform though.

Well they shouldn't. You know Sony sure as hell wouldn't. Big move for Microsoft, everybody should look into getting a gaming PC and Gamepass.

[bongowongo]

Damn brehs, I guess we cant use the whole Xbox has no games joke anymore lol.





Gamepass just became the most valued service in entertainment, cottdamn.

[ohiostate124]

It would be a bigger deal if Bethesda was still a good company but oh well.

Lol at Xbox having to put out a couple of timed PS5 exclusives now though.

[Elvis.Costello]

Dont they have regulatory bodies that look out for stuff like this lol, its a massive aquisition.




Hopefully MS still allows these games to be multifplatform though.

MS is really different with that kinda ****. I mean they’re a much bigger company than Sony so they must have some data to suggest that what they’re doing is working well and making the most money they can. But still wild to see. They could put all these games out on all platforms and I wouldn’t even be surprised.

[SirFapsAIot]

Weird post.

Elder Scrolls and Fallout needs a new engine but sell huge.

Dishonored is niche but it and Arcane are great.

Doom is massive.

The one I have to agree with is Wolfenstein went woke and ruined itself.

Microsoft is known to ruin things sometimes, but when they're hands off they're not so bad.

My question is why are they selling to begin with?

Why are massive companies selling to even bigger companies?

Has Bethesda given up? Is it because they already know their next RPGs can't compete anymore with games like Witcher and Cyberpunk?

I just never got the appeal of Elder Scrolls / Fallout, never been into them, not saying good/bad, just no appeal for me. All I know is that Bethesda got to a point where they became known for fukking over their customers.

I thought the direction they (ID) went with Doom III was excellent, not really feeling the story line in the new one and getting back to Bethesda, I didn't like the direction when ID and Bethesda were working together.

MS ruining stuff, best example is Halo, 343 is basically MS. Hopefully it will work out for the fans of these various titles, but as far as massive companies being acquired by even bigger companies, less competition, more uniform policies, i.e. micro transactions all over the place, raking customers over with chit policies, raking them over for money, etc... More recently, every time I hear video game I think scam.

[bongowongo]

It would be a bigger deal if Bethesda was still a good company but oh well.

They got Arkane Studios, one of the best ones out there .... Sony was playing scummy by having Deathloop be a timed exclusive and MS just lold and bought the entire damn company.



Bethesda may not be the best company out there, but they still make one of a kind games like Elder Scrolls/Fallout .... Those games sell a ton.

[ohiostate124]

They got Arkane Studios, one of the best ones out there .... Sony was playing scummy by having Deathloop be a timed exclusive and MS just lold and bought the entire damn company.



Bethesda may not be the best company out there, but they still make one of a kind games like Elder Scrolls/Fallout .... Those games sell a ton.

Look, Elder Scrolls 3 is my second favorite game ever but Bethesda is straight up dogchit these days. I’ll believe it when I see it.

[shyheimz]

Look, Elder Scrolls 3 is my second favorite game ever but Bethesda is straight up dogchit these days. I’ll believe it when I see it.

Arkane Studios is part of ZeniMax, not Bethesda. Arkane Studios released Wolfenstein, Prey & Dishonored.
And Deathloop which was supposed to be console exclusive for PS5 - which I doubt will now.

Dishonored 2 was set to leave GamePass by the end of this month, wonder if it still will.

[ohiostate124]

From what ive read, Deathloop and Ghostwire or whatever its called are still going to be timed PS5 exclusives.

[ScramFranklin]

From what ive read, Deathloop and Ghostwire or whatever its called are still going to be timed PS5 exclusives.

Yea, I believe it. Even though MS bought Doublefine, Psychonauts 2 is still coming to playstation too because it was already well in development. However, I won't be surprised if future games (elder scrolls, starfield, etc) are exclusive to PC/Xbox.

[Sublime25]

If you can't beat the competition, buy it

[JStrez]

This is pretty huge for Microsoft. Fallout needs some TLC and Obsidian could help with that. But the big thing is the acquiring of The Elder Scrolls series. The Elder Scrolls 6 was supposed to go Head to Head with Avowed. Now we could very well see these both as exclusives instead of Avowed.

There's also Starfield which is slated to be one of the Newest AAA IP's Bethesda is releasing for the first time in years. I think we will start to see more and more of this from Microsoft. They have way more capital to do these kinds of things as opposed to Sony. Sony has their own IP's, but Microsoft went out and bought studios for new IP's and now is starting to buy established IP's from established companies.

I still think Microsoft will allow these games to be sold to Playstation, BUT they will be on the GamePass for free, and at the end of the day Microsoft will be pocketing Playstation owners money. Pretty genius move by Microsoft to be honest, because Bethesda Games always sell well. I think that Microsoft will allow Bethesda to utilize more of their tech (outside consoles) that is superior to Sony, and allow them to produce better games. Microsoft will allow these companies to be independent and do what they want, and it's a win-win for all gamers.

This does also push the argument for developers since at the end of the day, they need someone to sell the games to. With streaming becoming the next big thing, Bethesda might have been more comfortable with Microsoft's approach to streaming as opposed to Sony's, since Microsoft is light years ahead of Sony in that department, and Sony actually partnered with Microsoft to help them. I wonder if other developers will start to think the same way and see who they side with. Microsoft is about to launch their streaming service, so this could be huge.

I think Sony might win this generation of the console wars, but I think when the next gen is Microsoft, they will blow Sony out of the water as their streaming service will be one of if not the best of all of them.

[cromofo]

holy **** this is huge

game pass and PC looking sweeter than ever

[shyheimz]

Fallout needs some TLC and Obsidian could help with that.

[gbullock32]

holy **** this is huge

game pass and PC looking sweeter than ever

This.

As to the main topic, it might be good; MS seems to be much more consumer friendly lately and with their money and backing hopefully Bethesda can actually release a non-bugged to hell game.

[JaegerBrah]

In on Doom Guy and Master Chief crossover.

[cromofo]

give fallout to obsidian

[CHARBACK]

meh bethesda is garbs these days and microsoft is going to put all the games on pc anyways.

[Lord_Lemon]

Boom

[KingSWRV]

This.

As to the main topic, it might be good; MS seems to be much more consumer friendly lately and with their money and backing hopefully Bethesda can actually release a non-bugged to hell game.

Yeah I see this as actually a good thing.

Bethesda started to lag behind in general. When they were at their peak gaming was different and they kinda had a thicker take on games around the oblivion era but have since been surpassed. Witcher and it’s clones essentially made Bethesda feel outdated and rudimentary. By today’s standards they are played out.

Microsoft has been kinda solid in their “delegations” lately. I esspecially look to the team they put together for Age of Empires 2 DE and turned it into the perfect remake and revived it to be an actively alive and monthly updated game with regularly changing metas and balance changes.

The whole outfit was professional. They chose the right people and they supported the project with the right amount of money.

So they are good at organizing this type of stuff.

This is good news.