Deathloop, a new Arkane Studios project about a mysterious island whose inhabitants are stuck in a time loop, was released today. The game received many top marks from critics. They call it one of the best and most inventive titles of the year, which largely develops the successful ideas of Dishonored.

Bethesda may be planning to release a number of remasters and remakes of its games. To do this, the company has opened a separate studio, according to one of the insiders. This would be a logical step for Bethesda, given the large number of classic IP at its disposal. However, this rumor should still be treated with caution.

The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, said that a joint show with Bethesda at E3 broke records for views from his company. He thanked for a great week and noted that Microsoft has not felt so much energy and inspiration from players and teams since the Xbox 360.

Yesterday, June 13, Microsoft and Square Enix held their conferences as part of E3 2021. We understand how the stock market and the gaming community reacted to them.

The deal between Microsoft and ZeniMax Media officially ended yesterday. On this occasion, Phil Spencer finally directly answered the question that has been worrying since September: what will happen to the games of the acquired company? He did not open all the cards, but confirmed that at least some of the new games from Bethesda will indeed be released exclusively for PC and Xbox.

Microsoft is closer than ever to completing the purchase of ZeniMax. Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officially approved a deal worth $7.5 billion. Now the decision has to be made by the European Commission.

After Microsoft bought ZeniMax Media, the question seemed to hang in the air: what will happen to the games of the acquired company on third-party consoles? There are still no specifics, but one thing is already clear — at least Bethesda projects will appear on other platforms.

The publisher of Ragnarok Game continues to sue the former developers of Rune II. Now ZeniMax and Bethesda have been included in the $100 million lawsuit as defendants, accusing the companies of collusion, breach of contract and sabotage.Brief chronology of the conflict

Phil Spencer, answering the question of whether it would be possible to recoup the $7.5 billion investment without selling Elders Scrolls VI on PlayStation, clearly said: “Yes.” At the same time, the head of the Xbox brand gave several clarifications about the possible multiplatform policy of the company.The issue of the release of new projects by Bethesda, id Software, Arkane and other studios outside Microsoft platforms has been worrying players since September.

The main deal of this fall. Microsoft Corporation has announced the takeover of the gaming concern ZeniMax Media. The company will cost the owner of Windows and Xbox $ 7.5 billion.

Doom Eternal broke the franchise record for sales on the release weekend. The game earned twice as much as Doom (2016) in its first weekend. This is reported by Bethesda — however, without naming the exact revenue or the number of copies sold of the novelty. But it is known that Eternal became the bestseller of the week on Steam.

GeForce Now has one failure after another. In its first month, the service lost two top publishers and upset the developers of The Long Dark. It looks like Nvidia has made a number of legal blunders.

The unauthorized departure of the Human Head developers from the publisher led to a lawsuit. Publisher Ragnarok Game accused the now defunct studio of fraud and unfair business conduct.

Yesterday it became known about the closure of Human Head and the transition of developers under the wing of Bethesda. But her former publisher found out about it after the fact.

Despite the fact that most mobile games require a constant Internet connection and registration to work, console players are not ready for a similar practice yet. This is evidenced by what happened to Bethesda and the DOOM trilogy reissued by it.

Android and iOS players spent $100 million in the Fallout Shelter simulator from Bethesda. The game has reached this figure in four years since its release on mobile devices.

Bethesda introduced Orion streaming technology at E3. Its task is to simplify the streaming of games in various cloud services.

Mobile The Elder Scrolls: Blades earned $1.5 million dollars in a month. The game was released in limited access on the App Store.

The Elder Scrolls: Blades reached 1 million downloads in the App Store in the first week in early access. This is despite the fact that you can download it only by invitation from Bethesda.