Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media (Bethesda, id Software, Arkane + 5 more) [2020-09-21, 2021-03-09]

LOL. China protects consumers. Please.

 

I think thats IO interactive off the table, I wonder if its a playstation exclusive? tomorrows the everyone else release date

 

New hitman game? RT could be something for hitman i think.

 

Im pretty sure they said hitman 3 is the conclusion of the hitman series, could be wrong on that though

 

That's not what I said. Chinese regulation exists to enable enforcement of anything that the State doesn't approve, but it's drafted in a way (like much European legislation) to capture things that impact the Chinese people (which is what I said). This means China can influence foreign deals abroad, which is very much in their interest whether in it is in interests of consumers or not (hint: it's not).

 

EU to rule on zenimax acquisition by March 5th

EU to rule on Microsoft's $7.5 billion ZeniMax deal by March 5 | Reuters

Seems microsoft submitted the paperwork on Jan 29th, I wonder why it took them so long to submit the paperwork?

 

They might have wanted to put some effort into the paperwork so that it goes through?

 

"Good luck, Team Starfield is counting on you"

 

I really hope they announce Starfield like they did Fallout 4; an hour-long showcase at E3 in June, releasing five months later!

 

But that's how Bethesda usually does it right? They should gameplay on E3 and release during autumn.

 

Skyrim was announced in 2010 and launched in 2011. Fallout 3 was announced in 2004 and released in 2008. Oblivion was announced in 2004 and released in 2006 (PC/360) / 2007 (PS3).

Fallout 4 was the first time Bethesda Game Studios announced and released a game in the same year.

 

Maybe I am confusing with gameplay demo or something.

 

no your not confused, fallout 76 launched like that,

Todd howard has said he wants the game announcement/unveiling to release date to be as short as possible, ideally a week, but as short as the marketing department will allow

 

Bethesda announced both Starfield and Elder Scrolls IV at a Bethesda's E3 conference in 2018 so uhhh..

 

Those were both teasers to distract from that year's game not being ESIV. They weren't unveilings as such.

 

They were official game announcements. As in the fact that they happened appears in the company's official reports, there were corresponding press releases etc. An announcement doesn't cease to be an announcement because you feel there wasn't much content.

 

I still think those announcements were nothing bringers and Bethesda did them (especially TES6 without even specifying the in-game region) to fill some quote or something. To make people talk about anything.

Good think that Starfield did not become Sony's exclusive. Would not feel right for me at least.

 

You didn't watch the conference, did you?

 

I did not.

 

The shorter time between announcement and release the less time (if any) a reviewer has to play the game to get a true sense of the whole rather than the preferred first act slice.