The European Commission has given the green light to the operation, which has been definitively consummated in the last hours.
Microsoft has welcomed Bethesda. After the European Commission approved the purchase operation, it was only a matter of hours. In a new Xbox Wire entry, the Redmond giant has reported that some titles will arrive this week on Xbox Game Pass. The most important thing, however, is that they have dropped for the first time that there will be some games that will be released exclusively for Xbox consoles, although the respective PC versions will also be released.
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, has been in charge of announcing the good news. “With the arrival of Bethesda’s creative teams, gamers should know that Xbox, PC and Game Pass consoles will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games, including some new titles for the future that will be exclusive to players. from Xbox and PC ”.
Today we officially welcome Bethesda to Team Xbox. Our goal is to empower the teams across Bethesda to create their greatest work and to learn from them as we deliver more games to more players around the world. Our work together begins now. https://t.co/Ul0jJ41Dr0
– Phil Spencer (@ XboxP3) March 9, 2021
A new era for Bethesda
“It is an exciting day for Xbox. Today we officially completed the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks ”, he congratulates. “It is an honor to welcome eight talented development studios.” Now that it’s official, Spencer continues, they can start working on bringing “more great games to everyone.” The manager has highlighted the creative work of the people of Bethesda. “Our goal is to provide these teams with the best tools to do their best jobs and learn from them to continue building an inclusive Xbox platform for all gamers.”
According to Spencer, it is vitally important that Bethesda continues to make games in the same way, so they will try to put the necessary resources to keep it that way. Both companies share the same vision of the future and believe in the potential of Xbox Game Pass. Robert A. Altman, founder of ZeniMax Media, recently passed away, so Spencer had good words to remember his memory. In fact, he has called him a “close friend.”
ZeniMax Media has studios such as Bethesda Softworks, Arkane, Machine Games or id Software, as well as sagas such as DOOM, The Elder Scrolls or Dishonored.
