(FILES) In this file photo the Microsoft logo is displayed outside the Microsoft Technology Center near Times Square, June 4, 2018 in New York City. - Software giant Microsoft on September 21, 2020 announced it had acquired ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion, marking a major expansion into video gaming that will give it ownership of several best-selling franchises. ZeniMax is the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, publisher of the Fallout and Elder Scrolls franchises, and "Bethesda brings an impressive portfolio of games, technology, talent, as well as a track record of blockbuster commercial success," Microsoft said in statement. (Photo by Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)