The biggest purchase in video game history just got one step closer to completion. The SEC just gave their final approval for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Microsoft’s purchase of ZeniMax Media, the holding company that owns Bethesda, Id Software, Arkane Studios, and more. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:At $7.5 billion, this purchase represents the largest sum ever pꦅaid to acquire a game publi🍷sher/developer.
You can see the SEC's ruling on their "," a document that basically rubber stamps the deal. The EU's Competition Bureau is also 💝expected to rule on the merger later today, and once they do, that'll be the final regulatory hurdle s💮tanding b😼etween Microsoft's ownership of Bethesda.
There is one more possible legal snag that might hold up the deal, and that's a lawsuit filed against Bethesda over allegedly false advertising in Fallout 4's Season Pass. X🦄-Law Group is seeking to delay the ZeniMax/Microsoft purchase for fear that Microsoft may wind up shifting assets to protect itself from liability should the c🅘lass-action lawsuit move forward.
Given that Microsoft planned to wrap up the merger by June, there's a very good chance that the deal will have concluded before X-Law Grou🐭p even gets a court date.
There's also reason for concern on the part of X-Law Group. Microsoft has already created a subsidiary to host 💎Bethesda's studios called Vault-- a clear reference to Fallout’s famous Vaults. Microsoft st🌞ated this was in order to comply with EU regulations regarding the acquisition, but there's no reason that M🧜icrosoft couldn't simply get rid of Bethesda entirely just to shield itself from liability.
We’re still waiting for the judge to rule on X-Law’s request, and also for the EU to rule on whether or not an antitrust investigation is required for꧅ the Microsoft/Bethesda acquisition.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is rumored 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:to be hosting a direct-style eveꦰnt lateౠr in March. We’d 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:initially thought that would be when we’d see the official version of the Elden Ring trailer that’s been ♌leaked online, but it turns out that’s not going to happen.
