Episode 14 - Xbox buys Zenimax

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Episode 14 - Xbox buys Zenimax

James A. Brown

Sep 22, 2020

Microsoft just bought ZeniMax for $7.5 billion dollars.

ZeniMax is responsible for games like The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Quake and Doom improving and expanding the quality of Microsoft’s XBOX catalog of games.

Microsoft’s leaders say they will consider buying more video game companies in the future

NBC News’s Dylan Byers says Microsoft will use its new titles to draw subscribers to Xbox Game Pass. Game Pass now has 15 million subscribers, up from 10 million in April.

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