The Daily Moot: Microsoft Buys Bethesda
News Picks1. Microsoft Buys Bethesda
Microsoft announced today that they have purchased ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks. This means that franchises such as The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, DOOM, and Quake will all be under the Microsoft banner going forward. Microsoft explained that this new partnership “starts with a commitment to deliver a breadth of amazing games to discover and play on Xbox,” which suggests that many of Bethesda’s most popular games may very well be Xbox exclusives in the future. Furthermore, Xbox head Phil Spencer also said that Bethesda’s existing library will be added to the Xbox Game Pass and that Microsoft intends to “bring Bethesda’s future games into Xbox Game Pass the same day they launch on Xbox or PC.”
2. EA Origin Renamed EA Origin, the PC game launcher for Electronic Arts, is being renamed to “EA Desktop App.” According to EA, the company is changing the name in an effort to create “a common and consistent brand that is centered around EA and what EA stands for.” While that’s all fine and dandy in theory, it seems like a strange goal to have considering the gaming community’s general vitriol for EA as a whole. Aside from the new name, EA Desktop App will also make improvements to “create a more frictionless, fast, socially-oriented experience.” No rollout date for the EA Desktop App has been released yet, but EA says they have already begun registering users for a closed beta.
3. Life is Strange 2 Now Free Life is Strange 2 Episode 1 is now free to play on all platforms. Although considered a sequel, Life is Strange 2 follows an entirely different set of characters than the original game, although it shares many of the same themes and devices. While this will certainly be good news for fans of the first game who have yet to try the second, it isn’t particularly surprising considering that developer Dontnod made the first Life is Strange free indefinitely back in 2016. Unfortunately however, only Episode 1 of Life is Strange 2 is free right now, meaning you’ll have to purchase the other 4 episodes if you want to experience the complete story. https://lifeisstrange.square-enix-games.com/en-us/games/life-is-strange/free
4. No Man’s Sky: Origins No Man’s Sky will be getting its next major expansion this week. Called Origins, developer Hello Games described the upcoming expansion by saying that it “won’t be our largest update, but it is the start of something.” Of course, this doesn’t really shed any light as to what exactly Origins has in store, but considering that it’s designed to be “another small step in a longer journey,” it seems likely that Origins will merely set the foundation for future content instead of introducing a ton of new content itself. Hello Games has yet to announce a concrete release date for Origins, but the expansion is expected to arrive sometime this week.
5. Halo 3: ODST Master Chief Collection Halo 3: ODST will soon be joining the Master Chief Collection. The Master Chief Collection is an impressive menagerie of Halo remasters designed to take full advantage of PC capabilities, implementing a wide array of improvements such as variable frame rates, ultrawide support, and customisable key bindings. The Master Chief Collection now includes Halo: Reach, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 3: ODST. Halo 3: ODST will officially go live tomorrow, while the final game in the collection, Halo 4, is set to arrive “later in 2020.”
you know Mircosoft is gonna make DOOM shity
who agrees?They’ve made every game they’ve published shitty. Maybe besides halo and sea of thieves but that’s it
Damn y’all are Xbox fanboys? 3 downvotes?
Ay im not xbox im on pc
It will be good for PC too! Those games will be on GamePass Ultimate which includes Xbox, PC, xCloud, and the Live Subscription.
And ps4 but i play mostly on my pc
now 11
Yh that’s true ngl
Are you forgetting minecraft and plane simulator
Minecraft yh whatever we all know its good we said most of microsoft games are crappy not all
Its because your a xbox player is that why ur aticking uo with microsoft (im on pc dont get me wrong, but i hate most of they’re games)
flight simulator
Yeah Minecraft good but Not as good as Java. Java better then Bedrock ngl. and flight simulator man im poor I can't afford that shit
I mean they do push out a lot of exclusives but they get boring very quickly and the gameplay is kinda trash, unlike sony which, IMO, those games should be released on every platform. They’re awesome
I agree
idk MIRCOSOFT do u know it?
Do you know Minecraft Bedrock and Xbox?
yes
u said MIRCOSOFT NOT MICROSOFT
The first one is such a big fat middlefinger to PlayStation people since they will probably make it all PC & Xbox only
I am going to preface this by saying, I'm a ps4 player. never had a Xbox, probably won't ever have an xbox. but remember earlier this month, when the new avengers game announced an exclusive spiderman dlc for ps4? or, better yet, when the entire spiderman game was a ps4 exclusive? those we're all middle fingers to xbox, and they complained. what did it change? nothing. at this point, I don't think the big company's care about people who complain about exclusives, cause they know they'll still sell millions of copies. Also, it was a middle finger to switch in ALL of these situations, yet you forget switch. makes me think you're a ps4 fanboy. I may be wrong on that front, and I'm sorry if I am.
Oh yeah you're right, completely forgot about switch 😅
The Microsoft buying Bethesda is BS. I know a lot of people will be furious if they make Bethesda games Xbox only. I think they are starting to monopolize the gaming scene and that is scary considering the company buying everything release the same football game every year. But for me, not happy at all with this.
keep crying bro
So you’re saying that PlayStation won’t have these games anymore??
Probably not
this comment section is just a bunch of ps fanboys I thought we stopped this bs console war
it not a bullshit console war
says the ps fanboy and Yes it is
hmmm... interesting...
That’s honestly great that no mans sky wasn’t abandoned it seems like a great game now
It is, especially on PC with so many mods. But even on console it’s starting to become something amazing
I guess harsh criticism and not giving up can make something great
Oh my GOD ITS HAPPENING EVERYONE STAY CALM.... I SAID STAY CALM.
Good play by Microsoft after buying EA pass
Probably the worst purchase they could have made
May you explain how and who would’ve been better
Bethesda hasn’t been the best and have dropped some pretty disappointing projects exp fallout 76 there’s a lot of scandal with that company too a way better purchase would have been cdpr
Not even capping that was the right chocie
how is xbox winning
OHH HELL YEAH DOOM I POSSIBLE XBOX EXCLUSIVE XD
No Doom should be a calculator exclusive
More games on GamePass the day they release! 🎉 #WINNING
well, although I'm worried Microsoft and Bethesda might not be a good thing... since I'll have the ps5 + my pc I think I should still be covered in general, right? lol
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