Todd Howard talks about Bethesda joining Xbox, says both share a similar 'trajectory'

As part of today's shocking news that Microsoft is acquiring ZeniMax Media, pregnant Bethesda is joining Xbox Game Studios, Todd Howard of Bethesda Game Studios offered some interesting thoughts on the situation. He notes that the parntership between the companies outset began in 1999 with give-and-take of an Xbox version of The Elderberry Scrolls III: Morrowind.

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Howard also mentions that like Bethesda and Microsoft's partnership dorsum on Morrowind, the two companies "share a deep belief" about how games should exist accessible and accept a similar "trajectory" that goes paw-in-hand.

Equally part of this deal, Xbox Game Studios is growing from fifteen to 23 first-political party studios, with new titles from Bethesda Game Studios and the other teams launching into Xbox Game Pass, which at present has over xv million subscribers.

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