Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft) [1,158 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/microsoft/ “> Microsoft will publish a video presentation answering questions about the planned acquisition of Bethesda this week.
This is what sources say cited by GamesBeat, which states that the video will be published on Thursday, March 11, and explain what the ZeniMax business means for the Xbox [2,773 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/ “> Xbox Game Pass subscribers.
Specifically, it is said that Microsoft will announce that several Bethesda games will arrive on the Game Pass soon.
In addition, it is said that the Xbox company will reiterate that any future and “contractually eligible” games under the umbrella of Zenimax will reach the Game Pass at launch, like other original Microsoft titles.
According to GamesBeat sources, the video presentation is unlikely to detail future Bethesda titles. Instead, it is said that Xbox and Bethesda are planning to hold separate presentations around the planned dates for E3 in June to show names like Starfield [21 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/starfield/ “> Starfield.
The events will be held separately, they say, but Microsoft could try to present them consecutively as part of a double account.
The report says it is not clear whether Microsoft and Bethesda will address the issue of platform exclusivity.
Bethesda currently has two PlayStation 5 [1,152 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps5/ “> Timed exclusives for PS5 planned on Deathloop [28 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/deathloop/ “> Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, which the Xbox said it will honor, while PS5 owners will also be eager to find out whether Indiana Jones, Starfield and Elder Scrolls V will arrive on PlayStation [2,988 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ “> PlayStation.
Today, the European Union’s antitrust regulator approved Microsoft’s proposed $ 7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax, it announced.
It is the latest sign that the deal is nearing completion after private equity firm Providence Equity Partners, which owned 25 percent of ZeniMax, removed the company from its website portfolio.
Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media [75 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/zenimax-media/ “> ZeniMax Media will see Xbox Game Studios grow from 15 to 23 development teams.
Employing approximately 2,300 employees worldwide, Bethesda Softworks [171 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/zenimax-media/bethesda-softworks/ “> Bethesda Softworks studios include Bethesda Game Studios (Fallout, Elder Scrolls), id Software [78 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/zenimax-media/id-software/ “> id Software (Doom), ZeniMax Online Studios (Elder Scrolls Online), Arkane (Dishonored, Prey), MachineGames [22 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/zenimax-media/machinegames/ “> MachineGames (Wolfenstein), Tango Gameworks [28 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/zenimax-media/tango-gameworks/ “> Tango Gameworks (The Evil Within), Alpha Dog and Roundhouse Studios.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer [257 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/phil-spencer/ “> Phil Spencer said recently that he believes Bethesda’s development teams will be” very, very critical “for the future of the Xbox platform.