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ZeniMax Media Inc. is an American video game holding company based in Rockville, Maryland. The company was founded in 1999 by Christopher Weaver and Robert A. Altman as the parent company for Weaver's video game publisher Bethesda Softworks.

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Dreunen claims Microsoft’s gaming restructuring effectively absorbs its own studios into external publishers

According to IT Home, Wccftech reported that Joost van Dreunen argues Microsoft’s gaming acquisitions created a reverse acquisition pattern, with Xbox internal studios absorbed into external publishers such as Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax. The report notes the total spend on these publishers and Dreunen’s background as a NYU Stern professor and former SuperData Research founder.

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Dreunen claims Microsoft’s gaming restructuring effectively absorbs its own studios into external publishers

gaming1 d ago

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Microsoft spent about 765 billion USD total on game publishers including Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax (as cited in the article).
Microsoft announced in 2020 it would cash acquire ZeniMax Media for 75 billion USD.
Microsoft’s 2023 acquisition of Activision Blizzard was about 687-690 billion USD, described as Microsoft's largest-ever in amount.
Joost van Dreunen is a professor at NYU Stern and former founder of SuperData Research, who writes in the SuperJoost Playlist newsletter.

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