At the beginning of this week, the gaming industry was shocked by an unexpected event – Microsoft acquired the company. ZeniMax Media, becoming the sole owner of a mass of its subsidiaries and studios and receiving the rights to a number of famous franchises, including role-playing series Fallout and The elder scrolls…
News like this led to many publications and analytical articles. With his opinion, in particular, shared resource VentureBeat, who tried to characterize the reasons and prerequisites for such a decision by ZeniMax…
Later, the material of the authoritative publication Bloomberg appeared on the network, which focused on the history of the formation ZeniMax Mediaas well as its two largest shareholders – Christopher Weaver and Roberta Altmane… The text reveals a number of interesting details about the well-known company, but the most interesting point, perhaps, is the clarification that before the deal with Microsoft company ZeniMax was extremely close to being absorbed by another famous gaming giant.
So, withaccording to the data Bloomberg, for a certain time ZeniMax Media was in search of a potential buyer and at some point the publishing house came closest to such a role Electronic Arts… The article does not specify what period in question, but it is noted that EA “was very close to buying“.
Under the direction of Microsoft active branches ZeniMax Media will work as usual for them, at least for the foreseeable future. For example, recently it became known that the French team Arkane Studios prepares to create new projectsand all future releases Bethesdaincluding expected role-playing games Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VIwill become part of the service Game pass…
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