https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/sep/21/microsoft-buys-elder-scrolls-company-zenimax-for-7-and-a-half-billion-dollars-x-box-series-x > Acquisition comes ahead of Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X consoles and could have significant impact on games industry > Microsoft is acquiring ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, publisher of the best-selling video game franchises The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Doom. The $7.5bn deal (£5.85m) will see all future releases from Bethesda’s studios included on the Xbox Game Pass subscription service.