Bethesda have officially joined Microsoft

It is official, Xbox and Bethesda are now one, as all the red tape from Microsoft buying out ZeniMax Media has been cleared. Celebrating this, Bethesda put out a nice little video that shows off the studios history, albeit very abbreviated, which given the studio is celebrating 35 years this year, is not as brief as you might think.

Over on the Xbox Wire, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, released a statement, part of it is below, but for the full statement, head over and give it a read.

This is an exciting day for Xbox. Today we officially complete the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks. It’s an honor to welcome the eight incredibly talented development studios – Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios – and their passionate global communities to the Xbox family.

Much like when the deal was announced, there are no new game announcements, no word on Xbox and PC being the only home for Bethesda games going forward, or anything like that, those