- Published on September 24, 2020
- In Deep Tech
Microsoft Buys Makers Of Doom For $7.5 Billion: A Win For Azure
- By Ram Sagar
“Creators of The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Wolfenstein, DOOM, Dishonored, Quake, Starfield and more join Team Xbox.”
Microsoft announced that it had acquired game developing studios Bethesda Softworks for a staggering $7.5 billion, a deal that can be ranked amongst the likes of Linkedin and Github. Bethesda is known for publishing hit franchises such as Doom, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.
This news of acquisition comes a week after the announcement that Microsoft's game streaming service, xCloud would be bringing more than 100 Xbox games to smartphones and tablets.
Today, about 2 billion people play video games on phones, tablets, consoles, and PC. The Global Cloud Gaming market accounted for $0.99 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach $3.90 billion by 2027. The rise
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Ram Sagar
I have a master's degree in Robotics and I write about machine learning advancements.
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