Bethesda and Xbox Hero

Publisher of iconic gaming franchises volition aggrandize Xbox's diverse portfolio on Xbox Game Pass

This is an exciting day for Xbox. Today nosotros officially consummate the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks. It's an honor to welcome the eight incredibly talented development studios – Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios – and their passionate global communities to the Xbox family. Now that everything is official, we can brainstorm working together to deliver more than great games to everyone. At every step building toward this moment, I've been inspired and motivated by the creativity, insight, and community-starting time approach of the talented people at Bethesda. Our goal is to requite these teams the best foundation for doing their greatest piece of work and to larn from them equally we continue to build Xbox into an inclusive platform for all players.

This is the side by side pace in building an industry-leading first political party studios team, a commitment we take to our Xbox community. With the addition of the Bethesda artistic teams, gamers should know that Xbox consoles, PC, and Game Pass will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games, including some new titles in the hereafter that will be exclusive to Xbox and PC players.

As we shared previously, it's vitally important that Bethesda continues making games the way it always has. Nosotros wait forward to empowering Bethesda'due south creative teams to accomplish even more than players effectually the world, helping make future Bethesda titles the biggest and almost pop games in their history. Xbox and Bethesda have long shared a common vision for the future of gaming. Both as fans and as creators, Bethesda understands the potential of Xbox Game Laissez passer.

We would also like to honor the life and memory of my close friend Robert A. Altman, founder of ZeniMax Media. Robert believed securely in the ability of gaming and we are privileged to exist able to continue his piece of work by joining forces with the teams he built and led for many years.  I will miss the opportunity to work straight with him on the future of our combined teams but I know that his spirit volition live on in the shared piece of work we do and motivate us to make this partnership all he envisioned.

Thank you to all our players for joining us on this incredible journey and to the millions of Bethesda fans around the world. At present that nosotros're ane team, nosotros can start working together on the hereafter ahead. We will have more than to share about what'southward adjacent for our teams later this year. In the meantime, to properly celebrate this special moment, we are bringing boosted Bethesda games into Xbox Game Laissez passer later this week. Stay tuned for more than details!