What is ZeniMax Media?
'''ZeniMax Media Inc.''' is an American video game [[holding company]] based in [[Rockville, Maryland]], and founded in 1999. The company owns [[id Software]] (developer of the ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]]'', ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]'' and ''[[Rage (video game)|Rage]]'' series), [[Arkane Studios]] (developer of ''[[Dishonored (series)|Dishonored]]'' and ''[[Prey (2017 video game)|Prey]]''), [[MachineGames]] (developer of the ''[[Wolfenstein]]'' series),<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Richardson |first=Stuart |url=http://www.develop-online.net/news/buyout-brings-birth-of-zenimax-sweden-report/0108099 |title=Buyout brings birth of ZeniMax Sweden â?? report |magazine=[[Develop (magazine)|Develop]] |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005191326/http://www.develop-online.net/news/buyout-brings-birth-of-zenimax-sweden-report/0108099 |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tango Gameworks]] (developer of ''[[The Evil Within]]''),<ref>{{cite web |last=Garratt |first=Patrick |url=http://www.vg247.com/2010/10/28/boom-zenimax-buys-tango-and-shinji-mikami/ |title=Boom: Zenimax buys Tango and Shinji Mikami |publisher=VG247 |date=October 28, 2010 |access-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001104639/http://www.vg247.com/2010/10/28/boom-zenimax-buys-tango-and-shinji-mikami/ |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> publisher [[Bethesda Softworks]] with its [[Bethesda Game Studios]] (developer of ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' and [[Fallout (series)|''Fallout'']] series) and [[ZeniMax Online Studios]] (developer of ''[[The Elder Scrolls Online]]''). On September 21, 2020, [[Microsoft]] announced they entered into an agreement to buy ZeniMax Media and all its subsidiaries for $7.5 billion. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1990s establishments in Maryland]] [[Category:1999 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Maryland]] [[Category:Video game companies of the United States]] [[Categ