Bethesda officially acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion

Bethesda officially acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion

While not Nintendo news in itself, the behemoth Bethesda/Zenimax was acquired by Microsoft this for a staggering $7.5 billion.

This means that future games will be available on Xbox and Game Pass Ultimate for PC and Android. Hopefully the current upcoming releases will remain unchanged such as DOOM Eternal which is already nearing the end of its development on Nintendo Switch.

Future titles

How team Xbox will handle upcoming games such as the next Elder Scrolls and Fallout etc is unknown at the time as they are now part of Xbox Games Studios so it is likely they will be Xbox, PC and smartphone via Game Pass Ultimate.