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Microsoft announced that it has purchased ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, for $7.5 billion. Phil Spencer, the Head of Xbox at Microsoft, revealed the news in a post on the official Xbox blog. The deal is effective immediately and includes all the publishers and developers under the ZeniMax name such as Bethesda Softworks, Arkane Studios, id Software, MachineGames and more.