Category:ZeniMax Media

ZeniMax Media Inc. is an American video game holding company founded in 1999. On September 21, 2020, Microsoft announced they entered into an agreement to acquire ZeniMax Media and all its subsidaries.

Subsidiaries

 * Alpha Dog Games; founded in 2012, acquired in 2019.
 * Arkane Studios; acquired in 2010.
 * Arkane Studios Austin; acquired in 2010.
 * Bethesda Softworks; acquired in 1999.
 * Bethesda Game Studios; established in 2001.
 * Bethesda Game Studios Austin; founded in 2012 as BattleCry Studios, re-branded in 2018.
 * Bethesda Game Studios Dallas; founded in 2007 as Escalation Studios, acquired in 2017, re-branded in August 2018.
 * Bethesda Game Studios Montreal; established in 2015.
 * id Software; acquired in 2009.
 * id Software Frankfurt; founded in 2015.
 * MachineGames; acquired in 2010.
 * Roundhouse Studios; founded in 2019.
 * Tango Gameworks; acquired in 2010.
 * ZeniMax Online Studios; founded in 2007.

Defunct

 * e-Nexus Studios; headed by former The Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon.
 * Mediatech West; founded by Brent Erickson in 1992 as Flashpoint Productions and sold to Media Technology/Bethesda Softworks in 1995. Also referred to as Bethesda West.
 * Mud Duck Productions; founded in 2002, closed in 2007.
 * Vir2L Studios; acquired in 1999, closed in 2010.
 * XL Translab; acquired in 1997 and moved to Bethesda Softworks.