History Creator / XboxGameStudios

Beginning in 2018, Xbox Game Studios expanded rapidly as Microsoft went on a spending spree in order to bolster its portfolio of gaming studios and properties. These acquisitions started off relatively modest, comprising several small to mid-size studios, such as Creator/ObsidianEntertainment, Creator/InXileEntertainment, Creator/NinjaTheory, and Creator/DoubleFineProductions. However, Microsoft turned heads in 2020 when they unveiled plans to acquire [=ZeniMax=] Media, the parent company of Creator/{{Bethesda}}, a deal that was approved and finalized in early 2021. In 2022, they topped that by starting the process of acquiring no less than ''Creator/ActivisionBlizzard''. After a lengthy 20 months of getting legal approvals throughout the world, the deal was closed on October 13th, 2023 a few hours after Britain's Competition Markets Authority approved the deal. Because of this, Microsoft became the third-largest gaming company in the world, behind Tencent and Sony.

!!Active subsidiaries:

* Creator/CompulsionGames - ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew''

* Creator/NinjaTheory - ''Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga''

* Creator/{{Rare}} - ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'', ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'', ''VideoGame/GoldenEye'', ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'', ''VideoGame/SeaOfThieves'', ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}''

* [=ZeniMax=] Media
** Creator/ArkaneStudios - ''VideoGame/{{Redfall}}''
** Creator/{{Bethesda}} - ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Starfield}}''
** Creator/IdSoftware - ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}''
** Creator/MachineGames - ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'', ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheGreatCircle''
** [=ZeniMax=] Online Studios - ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline''
* Creator/ActivisionBlizzard
** Creator/{{Activision}} - ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'', ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon''
*** Beenox
*** Treyarch
*** Inifnity Ward
*** Sledgehammer Games
*** [=DemonWare=]
*** Creator/HighMoonStudios
*** Creator/RadicalEntertainment
*** Creator/RavenSoftware
*** Creator/{{Sierra}}
** Creator/BlizzardEntertainment - ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''
** [=King.com=] - ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga''

* Alpha Dog Games

* Roundhouse Studios
* Tango Gameworks - ''VideoGame/HiFiRush''

* ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' (Xbox 360, PC)

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' (currently owns the series, including the Xbox Live re-release)

* ''VideoGame/BattleTech2018''

* ''VideoGame/BlastCorps''

* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''
** ''VideoGame/ConkerLiveAndReloaded''[[/index]][[note]]Currently owns the IP. Has so far resulted in a censored UpdatedRerelease for Xbox called ''Conker: Live & Reloaded'', the appearance of Conker in ''Project Spark'', and eventually the re-release of the uncensored original game as part of ''Creator/{{Rare}} [[CompilationRerelease Replay]]''.[[/note]][[index]]

* ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies'' (PC, Licensed to Tsunami Visual Technologies for its arcade release)

* ''VideoGame/{{Deadlight}}'' (Xbox 360, PC)

* ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}''
* ''VideoGame/FruitNinja Kinect''

** ''Gears of War: Judgment''[[/index]]
** ''[[UpdatedRerelease Gears of War: Ultimate Edition]]''[[index]]

** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''[[/index]]

** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''

** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}''

* ''VideoGame/HydroThunder'' (under license from Creator/WarnerBros)

** ''VideoGame/HydroThunderHurricane''

* ''VideoGame/{{Jawbreaker}}''
* ''VideoGame/JetForceGemini'' [[/index]](rereleased via ''Creator/{{Rare}} [[CompilationRerelease Replay]]'')[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Jetpac}}'' [[/index]](original game rereleased via ''Creator/{{Rare}} [[CompilationRerelease Replay]]'')[[index]]
** ''Jetpac Refuelled''

* ''Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure'' (or ''Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure'' on Xbox One and Windows)

* ''VideoGame/{{Kinectimals}}'' (Xbox 360, Windows Phone, [=iOS=])

* ''VideoGame/{{Kodu}}''

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' [[/index]](initially, the game and the rest of [[Franchise/MassEffect the franchise]] is currently controlled by Creator/ElectronicArts)[[index]]

** ''VideoGame/MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf''

** ''VideoGame/MechCommander 2''

** ''VideoGame/MechWarrior 4''
* ''VideoGame/MicrosoftFlight''

** ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000''
** ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 Pro''
** ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1''
** ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 9''
** ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 98''
** ''Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95''
** ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X''
*** ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition''

* ''VideoGame/MiloAndKate'' (canceled)

* ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds''
** ''The Outer Worlds 2''

* ''VideoGame/PerfectDarkZero''

* ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX]]''

* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}: Still Alive''

* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''[[note]]Currently owned by Microsoft following their acquisition of Double Fine. Ironically, they were slated to publish the game's original release, before dropping it due to CreativeDifferences with Double Fine[[/note]]
** ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2''[[note]]Released after the Double Fine acquisition, and therefore published by Xbox Game Studios[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Sabreman}}''

* ''VideoGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' (PC, Xbox 360)
* ''VideoGame/ShenmueII''[[/index]]

* ''VideoGame/ToySoldiers'' (Xbox 360, PC)

* ''VideoGame/{{Trials}}'' (various entries)
** ''Trials HD'' (Xbox 360)
** ''Trials Evolution'' (Xbox 360)
** ''Trials Fusion'' (Xbox 360, Xbox One)
* ''TabletopGame/{{Uno}}'' (Xbox 360, PC)
** ''Uno HD''

* ''VideoGame/VivaPinata'' (Xbox 360, PC)

* ''VideoGame/Wasteland3''
* ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew''

** Alpha Dog Games

** Roundhouse Studios
** Tango Gameworks - ''VideoGame/HiFiRush''

* ''VideoGame/{{Allegiance}}''

Xbox Game Studios[[note]]previously Microsoft Games from 2000 to 2001, Microsoft Game Studios from 2001 to 2011, and Microsoft Studios from 2011 to 2019[[/note]] is the wing of Microsoft that handles the development and publishing of games for the Xbox brand of consoles (Platform/{{Xbox}}, Platform/Xbox360, Platform/XboxOne, and Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS), as well as Platform/MicrosoftWindows and (previously) Windows Phone platforms.

** Creator/MachineGames - ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'', Untitled ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' game