Microsoft buys Bethesda, the company that makes hit games Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, for $7.5 billion

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Microsoft buys the company that makes hit games Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, for $7.5 billion

The deal gives Microsoft access to a raft of successful game franchises, including Fallout, The Elder Scrolls and Doom.

Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella speaks to participants during the Viva Technologie show at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France. Viva Technology, the new international event brings together 5,000 startups with top investors, companies to grow businesses and all players in the digital transformation who shape the future of the internet.that it will buy ZeniMax Media, the company that owns well-known video game publisher Bethesda, for $7.5 billion in cash.

With a developer like Bethesda under Microsoft's belt, that gives the company access to a raft of successful game franchises, including role-playing game series Fallout and The Elder Scrolls and the Doom shooter series.

 

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Games are Growth market I suppose. Since humans not needed for work.

Todd Howard is a Microsoft employee now.

Oh good, maybe we'll finally get a good Fallout Game again.

Serious question. Can Microsoft buy out FOX? We need to take it down. It’s the main source of misinformation for many. Maybe some patriotic billionaire or company like Microsoft can buy it out, rebirth it as WOLF or something to finally feed people actual facts, not propaganda

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