08 Jul

Bethesda and its parent company Zenimax Media have announced their publishing of Dishonored, an upcoming first-person stealth-action game from Arkane Studios. The title was all but leaked with a recent trademark of the name by Zenimax last week. The brain-child of co-directors Raphael Colantonio (Arx Fatalis) and Harvey Smith (Deus Ex), the first details of […]

06 Oct

Today, ZeniMax Media Inc., the parent organization behind Bethesda Softworks, id Software, Arkane Studios, and several other studios, has announced that it has managed to secure an investment with a total value of $150 million. The investor, Providence Equity Partners, already acquired a stake of $300 million in the organization in October 2007. ZeniMax CEO Robert […]

13 Aug

Continuing its acquisition of high-class game studios (with Bethesda Softworks and id Software already under their payroll), Zenimax Media acquired Arx Fatalis developer Arkane Studios. The founder and CEO of the the company, Raphael Colantino, will serve as the studio’s president after the transition. The company, having collaborated with several projects like Bioshock 2 in […]