Private company

Xbox Game Studios

American video game publisher

Xbox Game Studios (previously known as Microsoft Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, and Microsoft Games) is an American video game publisher based in Redmond, Washington. It formed part of Microsoft's new Gaming division in 2022, while founded as a division of the company itself.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Mar 2000Founded1

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The story

Founded by Bill Gates on Mar 2000.1

Leadership

Who has led Xbox Game Studios, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Arkane Studios
  • Bethesda Softworks
  • Compulsion Games
  • Double Fine
  • Halo Studios
  • Launchworks
  • Lift London
  • Lionhead Studios
  • Microsoft Casual Games
  • Microsoft Game Studios Japan
  • Mojang Studios
  • Ninja Theory
  • Obsidian Entertainment
  • Playground Games
  • Press Play
  • Rare Ltd.
  • Roundhouse
  • Tango Gameworks
  • The Coalition
  • The Initiative
  • Turn 10 Studios
  • Undead Labs
  • World's Edge
  • Xbox Game Studios Publishing
All 28 subsidiaries

Also owns

  • Hired Gun

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Oct 13, 2023Acquired Activision Blizzard1
  2. Mar 9, 2021Acquired ZeniMax Media1
  3. Jun 2019Acquired Double Fine1
  4. 2018Acquired Compulsion Games1
  5. Nov 6, 2014Acquired Mojang Studios1
  6. 2002Acquired Rare Ltd.1
  7. 2000Acquired Indie Built1

Timeline

  1. Mar 2000Founded Founded1

Sources

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