Business & Finance Microsoft to Purchase Zenimax, the Media Company that Owns Bethesda

[Husky_Khan]

Microsoft buying Bethesda and Zenimax for $7.5bn

UPDATE 4.30PM UK: According to Bloomberg [paywall], the established PS5 timed-exclusivity for Deathloop and Ghostwire: …

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And it comes it at a cheap 7.5 billion dollars!

Bethesda of course is the soulless corporate entity that owns and develops prized gaming franchises such as Dishonored, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein and last but far from least, Wayne Gretzky Hockey!

Many of these prized franchises are well known for their classic and much beloved games, often developed by studios largely independent of Bethesda before having trashy, cash grabbing sequels... if any!

Of course the biggest question is, will Starfield come to PC now?

Official Announcement here:

Welcoming the Talented Teams and Beloved Game Franchises of Bethesda to Xbox - Xbox Wire

Critically acclaimed creators of The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Wolfenstein, DOOM, Dishonored, Quake, Starfield and more join Team Xbox Today is a special day, as we welcome some of the most accomplished studios in the games industry to Xbox. We are thrilled to announce Microsoft has entered into...

news.xbox.com

 

[Battlegrinder]

Of course the biggest question is, will Starfield come to PC now?

No, the biggest question is when is the official Halo/Fallout/Doom crossover?

Also, I have to point out that Bethesda did not develop Dishonored, they published it, but the game was developed by Arkane Studios, which was owned by zenimax, not bethesda.

 

[Tiamat]

I just want to know when they're finally going to put out the next chapter of the Elder Scrolls after Skyrim. I'm looking forward to a full-scale war against the Thalmor to purge those genocidal wannabes.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

I just want to know when they're finally going to put out the next chapter of the Elder Scrolls after Skyrim. I'm looking forward to a full-scale war against the Thalmor to purge those genocidal wannabes.

It’s likely they’ll skip the actual conflict, by say one to three centuries, I’ve heard from some guys going on and on about NeoNazi Nords was that it was already said the “Merethic Era” will return

 

[Husky_Khan]

No, the biggest question is when is the official Halo/Fallout/Doom crossover?

Also, I have to point out that Bethesda did not develop Dishonored, they published it, but the game was developed by Arkane Studios, which was owned by zenimax, not bethesda.

I think Bethesda and ZeniMax are almost interchangeable to be honest since the former basically found the later as a holding company.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Wow maybe we can finally get a Doom/halo crossover

 

[Duke Nukem]

Imagine if Microsoft forces Bethesda to get a better game engine.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

Wow maybe we can finally get a Doom/halo crossover

I thought people hated Halo these days or forgot it

 

[Battlegrinder]

Imagine if Microsoft forces Bethesda to get a better game engine.

Ugh, not this again. There is nothing wrong with the creation engine, aside from the fact that it was never designed for multiplayer support and trying to make it do that in 76 was ill-advised (then again, it mostly worked, and Bethesda's team would probably have had worse results trying to learn a brand new engine rather than add functionality to one they already knew well).

Particularly since it's always people saying they should use something "new" with no actual idea on what they should actually use.

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

Considering fable will be a thing, if ES Doom and FO become X-box exclusives, it's all the more reason to get an X-box.

 

[Husky_Khan]

I thought people hated Halo these days or forgot it

People liked the first three by and large.

Having the UNSC and Covenant fighting a Hell Demon invasion will be far better then whatever they did end up fighting in Halo 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 etc... I actually have no idea what the enemy was in those games... or how many games there were. I didn't play any past the third.

 

[Zachowon]

Considering fable will be a thing, if ES Doom and FO become X-box exclusives, it's all the more reason to get an X-box.

No more X-box exclusives, all on Gamepass for PC and everything, just Xbox wants you to buy Xbox gamepass so you can play the games for free for 10 dollars

People liked the first three by and large.

Having the UNSC and Covenant fighting a Hell Demon invasion will be far better then whatever they did end up fighting in Halo 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 etc... I actually have no idea what the enemy was in those games... or how many games there were. I didn't play any past the third.

I liked the story and gameplay mechanics of 4, the multiplayer of 5.
There was no 6 7 or 8.
And the enemy of 4 and 5 were a mix of Covies and foreunners.

Third is over rated. 2 is the best.
You have 2 RTS games, 2 doube stick shooters, and two tabletops, both of which failed.

 

[Terthna]

Ugh, not this again. There is nothing wrong with the creation engine, aside from the fact that it was never designed for multiplayer support and trying to make it do that in 76 was ill-advised (then again, it mostly worked, and Bethesda's team would probably have had worse results trying to learn a brand new engine rather than add functionality to one they already knew well).

Particularly since it's always people saying they should use something "new" with no actual idea on what they should actually use.

The fact that modders can fix Bethesda's games at all is proof that the issue isn't with the engine they're built upon, but rather with the developers building them.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

The fact that modders can fix Bethesda's games at all is proof that the issue isn't with the engine they're built upon, but rather with the developers building them.

I've seen modders who seem to make it so that combat has more physical impact

They were Dark Souls-Based Mods

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

The fact that modders can fix Bethesda's games at all is proof that the issue isn't with the engine they're built upon, but rather with the developers building them.

*looks up games that uses the same physics engine bethesda does. *Sees Force Unleashed, Assassins creed and Dark Souls.*


.....WHAT THE HECK BETHESDA?!?!?

Alright guys, I surrender, Bethesda is just a bad game designer.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

*looks up games that uses the same physics engine bethesda does. *Sees Force Unleashed, Assassins creed and Dark Souls.*


.....WHAT THE HECK BETHESDA?!?!?

Alright guys, I surrender, Bethesda is just a bad game designer.

Wait, what? I thought they were different or they were different game engines

Why does Elder Scrolls and Fallout lack much in-terms of physical combat's impact then

Why are almost all humanoid enemies just reskins instead of ones able to do somewhat more thinking and differing abilities like those in Soulsborne games?

 

[PsihoKekec]

Bethesda is just a bad game designer.

Always have been, the advent of modding scene really improved their games.

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

Why are almost all humanoid enemies just reskins instead of ones able to do somewhat more thinking and differing abilities like those in Soulsborne games?

Well I mean that's different from the physics, but to answer your question Lazy scripting.

 

[Terthna]

Always have been, the advent of modding scene really improved their games.

I'd challenge anyone to try to play Skyrim without a single mod; it's not a terrible game by any means, but I argue it's nowhere near a "Game of the Year" experience on its own.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

I'd challenge anyone to try to play Skyrim without a single mod; it's not a terrible game by any means, but I argue it's nowhere near a "Game of the Year" experience on its own.

Only ever played it on PS4 and my Steam-App, but yeah, I can agree it’s really lacking when it comes to combat, enemies and recycles dungeons