Microsoft to Acquire Bethesda, Publisher of the Elder Scrolls, DOOM and Wolfenstein

This was quite unexpected, but here we go: Microsoft has entered into a deal to buy ZeniMax Media, the parent company of publisher Bethesda Softworks. The deal includes dozens of studios, including creators of The Elder Scrolls, DOOM, Quake, The Evil Within, Dishonored and Wolfenstein.

Microsoft and @Bethesda have entered into an agreement in which Microsoft will acquire Bethesda Softworks and its studios. Learn more here: https://t.co/0r7QcYmRnl
— Xbox Wire (@XboxWire) September 21, 2020

Here is a list of the studios that are now part of Microsoft:

Bethesda Game Studios — The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Starfield

id Software — DOOM

ZeniMax Online Studios — The Elder Scrolls Online

Arkane — Dishonored, Prey (2017), Deathloop

MachineGames — Wolfenstein

Tango Gameworks — The Evil Within, Ghostwire: Tokyo

Roundhouse Studios (formerly Human Head Studios) — Prey (2006).

The deal, according to Jason Schreier, is worth $7.5 billion.

Microsoft is paying $7.5 billion for Zenimax/Bethesda
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) September 21, 2020