Because nobody can make those decisions, and nobody is talking to Zenimax about making those decisions, including that Tim guy.
Phil Spencer on exclusivity, monetisation and game development
We spoke at length with Head of Xbox Phil Spencer about first-party software, monetisation, and what The Initiative is actually doing.
Once the deal is done I would love to see the quake series remastered, maybe even brutal doom.
The Elder Scrolls Online To Debut New Trailer At The Game Awards
A "World Premiere Trailer" will air during The Game Awards, giving us a look at the new content heading to The Elder Scrolls Online in 2021.
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Skyrim Special Edition hitting Game Pass next week. Don't buy any Bethesda games any time soon, I have a feeling we're going to have all the big ones on Game Pass soon.
Now they just need to upgrade them exclusively for XS consoles.
Now they just need to upgrade them exclusively for XS consoles.
Looks like they were looking to get bought out by someone bigger....
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Phil Spencer Believes Bethesda Will Be Critical to Xbox's Progress; Excited About Announced & Unannounced Games
During the latest episode of Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb’s Xbox Podcast, division head Phil Spencer discussed the acquisition of Bethesda.
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Getting? Its the biggest there is out of the Big 3 already!Xbox Game Studios First Party is getting pretty damn big
Xbox will be an RPG and FPS powerhouse once Bethesda joins, Phil Spencer says
Spencer says Bethesda will "be an incredible addition to our studios"
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The new year is going to be a very big one for Xbox and Bethesda, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer is already marveling at what it means for the number of games his company will be able to make.
Spencer spoke about the pending Bethesda acquisition and what it means for Xbox in the latest Xbox podcast. While the deal was announced back in September, it won't actually close until some time this year, and the two companies will continue operating separately until then. Even so, Spencer sounds confident that there won't be any hiccups along the way.
"2021 is when we'll get final approval, I feel really good about that," Spencer said. "Everything is on track. We'll start then really getting to some of the planning we can do with them. Right now we're really hands-off with them as they continue to do the work that they're doing, because we don't own them yet."
Spencer added that he's especially excited about Starfield, as well as the many other projects - some announced, some not - that are underway at Bethesda. They'll "be an incredible addition to our studios" once the deal closes and they all start working together as one company, Spencer added.
"When I think about our RPG capability with Obsidian, with inXile, with the work that Playground is doing which is now out there with Fable, obviously, and with what Bethesda can do, it's massive capability. I think about our FPS capability with id and obviously 343 and the work we can do. It doubles the size of our first-party studios when Bethesda joins, which is pretty amazing to think about."
Xbox will be an RPG and FPS powerhouse once Bethesda joins, Phil Spencer says
Spencer says Bethesda will "be an incredible addition to our studios"
The new year is going to be a very big one for Xbox and Bethesda, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer is already marveling at what it means for the number of games his company will be able to make.
Spencer spoke about the pending Bethesda acquisition and what it means for Xbox in the latest Xbox podcast. While the deal was announced back in September, it won't actually close until some time this year, and the two companies will continue operating separately until then. Even so, Spencer sounds confident that there won't be any hiccups along the way.
"2021 is when we'll get final approval, I feel really good about that," Spencer said. "Everything is on track. We'll start then really getting to some of the planning we can do with them. Right now we're really hands-off with them as they continue to do the work that they're doing, because we don't own them yet."
Spencer added that he's especially excited about Starfield, as well as the many other projects - some announced, some not - that are underway at Bethesda. They'll "be an incredible addition to our studios" once the deal closes and they all start working together as one company, Spencer added.
"When I think about our RPG capability with Obsidian, with inXile, with the work that Playground is doing which is now out there with Fable, obviously, and with what Bethesda can do, it's massive capability. I think about our FPS capability with id and obviously 343 and the work we can do. It doubles the size of our first-party studios when Bethesda joins, which is pretty amazing to think about."
I coulda swore somewhere he mentioned that finalization of the purchase would be March... maybe May, a month with an m lol
First Party games will stay with MS besides the 2 games as a service they mentioned. It will be PC, Xbox and xCloud on Android and iOS.
EU to rule on Microsoft's $7.5bn acquisition of ZeniMax by 5th March
The EU will make a decision on whether to approve Microsoft's $7.5bn acquisition of ZeniMax by 5th March.Microsoft requ…
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If Disney can own everything under the sun, Microsoft can buy Zenimax.
Doubtful. Comparatively, Embracer Group owns 58 studios now with Gearbox. The MS Zenimax acquisition will be fine.
I'm sure MS already had feelers out on this anyway. If they thought there was even a small possibility this wouldn't go through I doubt they would have gone through all the trouble.
EUR-Lex - 52021M10001 - EN - EUR-Lex
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Microsoft acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of ZeniMax. The concentration is accomplished by way of a merger pursuant to which a newly created Microsoft subsidiary (‘Vault’) will be merged with and into ZeniMax.