This has also been a heated topic for the acquisition of Activision. We have always said that future decisions on whether to distribute ZeniMax games for other consoles will be made on a case-by-case basis.' All of the games that were available on PlayStation when we acquired ZeniMax in March 2021 are still available on PlayStation, and we have continued to do content updates on PlayStation and PC. 'We did the same thing since our closing of Minecraft as we extended the reach of that franchise. In fact, we've expanded our footprint of games that we've shipped on Sony's PlayStation since our acquisition of ZeniMax, and the first two games we shipped after closing were PlayStation 5 exclusives,' a spokesperson for Microsoft told GameSpot. 'We haven't pulled any games from PlayStation. As of right now, it remains to be seen if Microsoft will release any future Bethesda/ZeniMax games on additional platforms. When speaking to GameSpot, a spokesperson noted that Xbox hasn't pulled any titles from PlayStation and that could be seen in the fact that GhostWire: Tokyo and Deathloop still released as PS5 timed exclusives after the acquisition was completed. With all of that said, Xbox is now pushing back against these claims. While it was announced as an Xbox game, it was revealed in an interview with Arkane's Harvey Smith that a PS5 version of the game was scrapped when the studio was acquired. Arkane is also another studio under that umbrella and that team is developing the co-op vampire shooter, Redfall. The biggest completed acquisition for Microsoft is ZeniMax, which owns studios like Bethesda who are famous for the Fallout and Elder Scrolls franchises amongst many other things. While some of these were small time enough for no one to really bat an eye, Microsoft has become far more aggressive in its studio arms race.

Xbox has been very, very busy over the last few years with expanding its reach via new services, platforms, and even by acquiring studios. Xbox has denied the notion that Redfall was ever coming to PlayStation 5.

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