It should be obvious Microsoft is acquiring more than games with there in-progress acquisition of Bethesda [and Zenimax Media]. Microsoft will acquire another game publishing branch, the id tech engine and notable studios (id, Bethesda Game Studios, Arkane, and Machine Games), plus 3 smaller studios that could function in development support. Microsoft’s biggest acquirement besides the additional studios, is the Fallout, Elder Scrolls and id Universe (Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake) IPs .


