Earlier this week, Microsoft officially acquired ZeniMax Media, which includes its subsidiaries like Bethesda. This means that all of Bethesda’s games now fall under the Xbox umbrella, in turn giving Microsoft some big new titles that it can add to itsXbox Game Passservice. Specific Bethesda games that will be coming toXbox Game Passhaven’t been confirmed just yet, but new Microsoft Store listings may have let the cat out of the bag.
The Microsoft Store now has listings for PC versions ofFallout 4,The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, andThe Evil Within.Skyrimis already on Xbox Game Pass, but the same can’t be said forFallout 4orThe Evil Within. As spotted by Twitter user ALumia_Italia, these games are supposedly launching on PC this coming Friday, March 12. The assumption can then be made that these are some of the Bethesda titles that are coming to Xbox Game Pass this week.
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When Microsoft announced that it hadfinalized the Bethesda acquisition, the announcement was sure to note that Bethesda games would be coming to Game Pass this week. Further details were not revealed at the time, but it does seem like a safe bet that these Bethesda games will be coming to Game Pass on March 12. Fans should still standby for an official announcement, however.
Bethesda and its games are going to give Xbox Game Pass a big boost, regardless of when they are added to the service. And in future, new Bethesda games should go a long way in bolstering the Xbox Game Pass service even further. All future Bethesda games (minus the ones that arePlayStation console exclusives likeDeathloopandGhostwire: Tokyo) will be releasing on Xbox Game Pass on the same day that they launch.
Microsoft continues to make big Xbox Game Pass investments, and it looks to be paying off. The Bethesda acquisition should give Game Pass a massive boost, but there should be plenty of other big Xbox games coming to the service in future as well, with theupcomingHalo Infiniteheadlining the 2021 lineup.
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