

See below for a full list of the twenty Bethesda games now on Xbox Game Pass. When asked in the roundtable when weâll hear more about forthcoming games, Bethesda Softworks global marketing and communications VP Erin Losi said âweâll have something this summer.â

But with such a huge sum paid for ZeniMax Media, Microsoft will surely want to reap some exclusive benefits. Thereâs no news yet, though, on whether future games in Bethesdaâs most popular franchises will be Xbox exclusive, including the already announced The Elder Scrolls VI. ÂAnd even in the future there might be things that have either contractual things or legacy on different platforms that weâll go do, but if youâre an Xbox customer, the thing I want you to know is this is about delivering great exclusive games for you that ship on platforms where Game Pass exists.âĪs a result, the PlayStation 5 timed exclusivity of games like Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo will still be honoured. As such, if the FTC is demanding that more clarification regarding exclusivity be shared by Xbox on this front, The Elder Scrolls VI will be the big title that the FTC likely wants more context about.ÂSo obviously I canât sit here and say every Bethesda game is exclusive because we know thatâs not true â there are contractual obligations that weâre going to see through as we always do in every one of these instances,â he said. The past games have been set in High Rock, Hammerfell, Morrowind, Cyrodiil and Skyrim - each of these areas are different parts of Tamriel as a whole.

Outside of Starfield, The Elder Scrolls VI is likely the biggest release on the horizon that falls under the ZeniMax umbrella. When it comes to ideas about where the game will take place, there’s a theory for just about everywhere in Tamriel.

So how does this tie in with The Elder Scrolls VI? Well, it stands to reason that if Xbox does end up meeting this request of the FTC, then new details associated with The Elder Scrolls VI and the platforms it will release upon would come to light. Essentially, if Microsoft outlines more of what it has in store with titles that belong to Bethesda, this will help inform the decision that the FTC will ultimately make in regard to passing or denying the Activision Blizzard purchase. The FTC is making this request as part of the ongoing investigation into Microsoft and its ongoing attempt to purchase Activision Blizzard. Based on a new discovery by Axios reporter Stephen Totilo, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is requesting that Microsoft share more information about its exclusivity plans for titles that belong to ZeniMax, which is the parent company of Bethesda.
