Microsoft to buy video-game publisher Bethesda for $7.5bn 

Biggest video game purchase ever to boost Xbox

The deal gives Microsoft’s Xbox business a much-needed infusion of titles and game developers.

Microsoft said it plans to acquire ZeniMax Media, owner of the storied video-game publisher Bethesda Softworks, for $7.5bn (€6.3bn) in cash, marking its biggest video game purchase ever.

Bethesda is the publisher of games like The Elder Scrolls, Doom, and Fallout and also has at least two titles slated for debut next year. ZeniMax also owns several other studios across the globe, giving Microsoft’s Xbox business a much-needed infusion of titles and game developers. It’s one of the biggest privately-held game companies with 2,300 employees worldwide, Microsoft said.