ZeniMax acquires Shinji Mikami studio

@mohdfaizlamin nooooooooo,that would mean I can no longer able to have vampiric blade of my own creation? (I don't consider Oblivion an elder scroll games. it's........an epic fail morrowind wannabe)

I thought shinki mikami was on platinum.

can we say "building a powerhouse"?

@SolidTy When I hear Zenimax I think The Elder Scrolls. That's a pretty big name in itself and despite that people still don't know the name, they simply associate it with Bethesda. However, you're right, their lineup is going to expand and people are really going to know this company's name.

I've got a question. Will Damned be a wacky, fun time thanks to SUDA or will I be more bored than a PBS producer from the Neutral Zone thanks to anyone else in the Japanese game design field?

ZeniMax sure is gobbling up whatever it can get a hold of.

@mrboone01 Or ES:V ...Please

Will zenimax become bigger than EA at some point

In need of a better idiom: "We'll just have to wait and see"

Combining all this talent could make for one hell of a Fallout 4.

Zenimax is the master of unlocking....:P

@drangel_Jam. Its true, the once Sega have really dropped the ball. Bayonetta was very unique but they didn't market it well at all. I will certainly be picking up Vanquish at some point next year.

Great news for gamers, and Shinji Mikami fans because I feel like Sega isn't a good enough publisher anymore, and although Bayonetta, MadWorld, and Vanquish are great games, and commercially successful, they have underperformed commercial given their quality and potential.

the deadliest combination

If id software, bethesda softworks and Shinji Mikami had a baby....

dang zenimax has some awesome studios under their name... i cant imagine how epic the next doom and elder scrolls will be now with all these experienced devs :)

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this move is mostly to make games to attract japanese gamers to their fanbase and for fans of japanese games

ZeniMax could use some eastern influence in their games. Maybe the next Elder Scrolls will have more attractive looking characters and a bit more dynamic style. Either way its an interesting mix of talent.

You FOOL!!!!!

This is kind of a weird move for ZeniMax but I hope for the best.

All Zenimax now needs is to acquire or create a game dev that can make sports based tiltes. With that and whole variety of gaming IPs Zenimax may later eventually become a whole lot bigger than EA . I cannot personally wait to see that Mr Mikami will release through this partnership.

I hope good comes out of this.

That sounds cool! I hope they'll improve the character's design more with Shinji there!

sweet, maybe some of these great games can come to pc too now!

This is great!

Vanquish on id Tech 5 with VATS and role playing elements? It looks like ZeniMax are covering all bases. Im looking forward to see how the master plan develops.

Not sure if this is a good or bad thing...

Bioware and Zenimax/Bethseda are my favorite developers.

Could be good news or could be bad news I'm not sure as of yet. Hopefully something good come out of this union....

@istreakforfood That is still with SEGA and Platinum Games Shinji Mikami still works at Platinum Games I guess now he wouldn't be as involved. I still want to know what happens to his title that he is Producing with Suda 51 and Published by EA is it going to be published by Bethesda or is it still EA unless their is a Sequel than that might be Bethesda instead of EA.

Seems like an odd choice.

Seems like ZeniMax is trying to become more versatile by acquiring European and Asian developers.. smart business imo. If they give a Shinji Mikami guided developer the kind of budget and leeway they seem to be giving id, it could produce even more exciting results for gamers.

Great article

I don't like where this is going. When too much power gets concentrated in too little hands, bad things tend to go off. Look at Blizzard! They have W.o.W. and don't use all their resources to develop new games. They're resting on their laurels. I hope ZeniMax uses the new acquisition to make the best games, and as many of them as possible!

lets hope they get together to make some great games

@Zenstrive I believe the game is called Fallout

Zenimax is OWNING ^_^

Hopefully the next Elder Scrolls will not be a shooter

too bad they don't have it on PC i think they will get good sale

Vanquish for pc ?

Excellent

Something great could be coming our way

Im definitely getting on board for this. Its gonna be one hell of a ride.

So what happens with the Vanquish franchise?

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