Microsoft Gaming
Formerly Name: N/A
Company Profile: Developer & Publisher
Company Type:: Division
Parent Company: Microsoft Corporation
Headquarters: Redmnond, Washington, USA
Founded: 18 January 2022
Founder: Phil Spencer
Fate: Active
Microsoft Gaming is a multinational video game and digital entertainment division of Microsoft. Microsoft Gaming produces the Xbox brand of video game consoles and services, in addition to overseeing the production, game development, publishing, research and development, sales (hardware, software, and services) of Xbox and the division's three subsidiaries (publishers) worldwide. The three subsidiaries consist of: Xbox Game Studios, ZeniMax Media (Bethesda Softworks acts as publisher), and Activision Blizzard (publishing split between Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and King), each publish games under their own respective labels. CEO Phil Spencer, who has concurrently overseen the Xbox brand since 2014, is the leader of the division.
Prior to 2022, Microsoft had several areas of video game-related product lines, including Xbox hardware, Xbox operations, and game development studios. Microsoft Gaming was created in 2022 with the announcement of Microsoft's plans to acquire Activision Blizzard to unify all of Microsoft's gaming groups within a single division. With the completion of the Activision Blizzard acquisition in 2023, Microsoft Gaming makes Microsoft the third-largest gaming company worldwide by revenue and the largest video game employer in the United States.
Wikipedia contributors. "Microsoft Gaming." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2 Feb. 2024.
Company Structure
Subsidiaries:
Xbox Game Studios:
343 industries
Compulsion Games
Double Fine
Digital Legends Entertainment
inXile Entertainment
Mojang Studios
Ninja Theory
Obsidian Entertainment
Playground Games
Rare
The Coalition
The Initiative
Turn 10 Studios
Undead Labs
World's Edge
Xbox Game Studios Publishing
ZeniMax Media::
Alpha Dog Games
Arkane Studios
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Game Studios
id Software
MachineGames
Roundhouse Studios
Tango Gameworks
ZeniMax Online Studios
Activision Blizzard:
Activision
Activision Shanghai Studio
Beenox
Demonware
Digital Legends Entertainment
High Moon Studios
Infinity Ward
Radical Entertainment
Raven Software
Slefgehammer Games
Solid State Studios
Toys for Bob
Treyarch
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Albany
Proletariat
King
Major League Gaming
Activision Blizzard Studios
Key People:
Phil Spencer (chief executive officer)
Dave McCarty (chief operating officer)
Jerret West (corporate vice president and chief marketing officer)
Tim Stuart (chief financial officer)