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 Division of Microsoft Corporation | |
| Industry | Computer and Video Games Interactive Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 (MSFT Game Studios)
2011 (as Microsoft Studios) 2019 (as Xbox Game Studios) |
| Headquarters | Washington, United States |
| Website | Official website |
Xbox Game Studios is a video game production division of Microsoft Corporation. They are responsible for the development and publishing of video games for Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Games for Windows and Windows Phone platforms.
They were established in 2002 under the name of Microsoft Game Studios however, in 2011 they were re-branded and their name was changed to simply Microsoft Studios. In 2019 the studios name was changed again, this time to Xbox Game Studios.
Xbox Game Studios work with third-party companies and other development studios to help develop and publish video games under their label, such as Minecraft, the Halo series, Kinect Sports, Microsoft Flight Simulator, both the Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon series and the Gears of War games. (For the full list of games click here.)
On September 21st, 2020 Xbox and Microsoft acquired Zinemax the parent company of Bethesda. The creators of household titles such as Doom, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein, etc.. For 7 And a half Billion dollars! This added much more studios to Xbox Game Studios and employees.
Studios
Xbox Game Studios houses dozens of game development studios, including Activision Blizzard Studios, still pending regulatory approval. Over time, more and more studios have been acquired to develop games for the Xbox, PC or mobile devices. A full list of studios can be found below.
- Xbox Game Studios
- 343 Industries
- The Coalition
- Compulsion Games
- Double Fine Productions
- The Initiative
- inXile Entertainment
- Mojang Studios
- Ninja Theory
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Playground Games
- Rare
- Turn 10 Studios
- Undead Labs
- World's Edge
- Bethesda Softworks
- Alpha Dog Games
- Arkane Studios
- Bethesda Game Studios
- id Software
- MachineGames
- Roundhouse Studios
- Tango Gameworks
- ZeniMax Online Studios
- Activision Blizzard (pending regulatory approval)
- Activision
- Beenox
- Blizzard Entertainment
- High Moon Studios
- Infinity Ward
- King
- Raven Software
- Sledgehammer Games
- Toys for Bob
- Treyarch
External links
- Xbox Game Studios official website