Tag Archives: ZeniMax Media

Microsoft’s $7.5 billion ZeniMax acquisition approved by US and EU regulators

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Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of Bethesda parent ZeniMax Media has cleared its regulatory hurdles. On Friday, the European Commission (EC) quietly approved the deal without applying any conditions to the merger. It concluded that the pendi...

EU fines Valve and major game publishers for geo-blocking titles

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Nearly two years after filing charges, the European Union is demanding remedies from Valve and other publishers for geo-blocking games. The European Commission has fined Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and Bethesda owner ZeniMax a...

Microsoft’s Bethesda deal: Great for Game Pass, troubling for exclusives

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Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media is huge news in many ways. It brings renowned studios like Bethesda, id and Arkane into the Xbox family, along with popular franchises including Doom, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. It makes the X...

Xbox Game Pass has more than 15 million subscribers

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Tucked away in its blockbuster announcement that it’s buying Bethesda Softworks, id Software and Arkane Studios parent company ZeniMax Media, Microsoft revealed that Xbox Game Pass now has more than 15 million subscribers. That means it has added mor...

Bethesda Fallout Shelter announced for iPhone and iPad at E3

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Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, announced the iOS release of Fallout Shelter at the E3 2015, the first-ever mobile game set in the celebrated Fallout universe from Bethesda Game Studios...

Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition wins Geek Minds with Working Pip-Boy

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This is what Geek Minds love. A gadget that was only available in the virtual worlds of video games is entering the real world. Bethesda announced the details of Fallout 4 at the E3 2015 press...

Deleted Document says that Elder Scrolls Online is Delayed Six Months For PS4 And Xbox One

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It’s been a strange morning for The Elder Scrolls Online, as an official FAQ was briefly changed to announce a six month delay of the game’s release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One: “When does The...

Oculus denies John Carmack stole VR tech from his former employer

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As it appeared recently, the Oculus VR hasn’t been dealing so well with the recent incident involving their Chief Technology Officer John Carmack . The employee bears the accusation of stealing...

‘Elder Scrolls Online’ Require Xbox Live Gold but not Require PS+

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Interesting little twist on Bethesda’s upcoming “Elder Scrolls Online.” Zenimax Online Studios has made the controversial decision to charge a subscription fee for the upcoming MMO, which some, such...