When a game is removed from the store it will still be available in your library so you should be fine.

Do achievements and etc. still work after a game has been removed from the catalog?

I'm wondering what will become of Modding scene for Elder Scrolls games?

Good now MAYBE we can have PREY II that they cancelled!

Activision-Blizzard.


Blizzard died many many many years ago

My Take is, as announced 'some' of the new, hence future game releases will be exclusive in Xbox Game Pass. For the time being MSFT is giving bethesda full authonomy, there is nothing that suggests otherwise so far.

Hence Old Bethesda titles should not be affected and should remain on other digital storefronts. It would be dumb to pull them out.

Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for Bethesda Softworks as part of the Xbox Team at Microsoft.
https://bethesda.net/en/article/193piE646914YSCGpeYxGC/bethesda-xbox-just-getting-started

Since Bethesda focus mainly on very long RPGs I think it's a type of games which probably don't work well on a subscription model like Xbox pass. Most people I know who subscribe Xbox pass use it mostly to play shorter types of games.
Even if big titles like Elder Scrolls 6 become exclusive to Xbox Game Pass I'd guess it'd be only for less than 2 years.

No, I don't think so, Microsoft bought a lot of studios but often leave the direction intact, for example InExile was bought time ago but they still can release the games where they want, Microsoft is like a Sugar Daddy for this companies, provide the money but not much else. Let's hope it's stay that way!

Ah, how I miss Bioware. I see what you mean about the older vs today Bethesda. I never really dug in deep in what a company releases, but it certainly makes one wonder.

It really is too bad gaming is being tied to business models by some developers, instead of basing it on sharing a love of gaming.
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I guess maybe I need to look at their more recent releases. My perspective was based on my time spent playing Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, games that I have fond memories of. I still have to play Fallout: New Vegas lol.
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Fallout 76 is their only recent release I know of widely considered bad.

That said I consider both Fallout 4 and Elder Scrolls V to be inferior to their predecessors. They're still fun though.

I was looking forward to Starfield but I won't be buying it until there is a massive discount, aka 60 percent or more, because I refuse to support Microsoft's quest to destroy third party gaming by absorbing any third party developer that catches their eye.

You know, I'm actually starting to like MS, especially their new attitude to PC gaming, their Age of Empires remasters have all been fantastic (with the exception of Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon), and they seem to be allowing Obsidian and InXile to keep makiing CRPGs, Wasteland 3 was amaziing and didn't really have a trace of simplification.

It's done now and Microsoft spelled out exactly what it all means. Zenimax games that have existing contracts in place like Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo and probably the upcoming Indiana Jones (which may have multi platform as part of the license agreement) will go ahead as per contracts. Existing games like ESO and Fallout 76 will continue to get updates and new DLC on Playstation the same as every other platform. Otherwise new Zenimax games will be PC (win 10 and Steam), Xbox consoles and any platform that allows Game Pass. So unless Sony and Nintendo allow Game Pass and XBL accounts with Xbox achievements to reside on their consoles (hell with freeze over first) then no more Zenimax games for Playstation beyond the already contracted ones.

We need a Euro company to compete!

Please do something!

Microsoft needs Activision-Blizzard.