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With the Bethesda purchase now legally approved, Microsoft has posted an “official welcome” to its newest acquisition from Xbox boss Phil Spencer. This notes that more Bethesda games will be coming to Game Pass later this week. It also mentions Xbox’s philosophy about making Bethesda games exclusive to Xbox.
The $7.5 billion deal to buy Bethesda gives Microsoft access to a large catalog of hits. Some of those are already on its subscription games service, such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, and Doom Eternal. It only makes sense that more Bethesda titles are coming soon.
We expect Microsoft to release a presentation on March 11 that will go into more detail on what the acquisition will
