Creator / Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American-based multinational tech conglomerate founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

They are best known for developing the Microsoft Windows PC Operating System (which much of the world runs on), MS Paint, along with the Xbox brand of Video Game Systems (Xbox, Xbox 360, Kinect, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S).

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Microsoft subsidiaries (with pages on this wiki):

Current subsidiaries

• Xbox Game Studios (video game development and publishing)
  • 343 Industries
  • Activision Blizzard (pending)
  • The Coalition
  • Compulsion Games
  • Double Fine
  • The Initiative
  • inXile Entertainment
  • Mojang
  • Ninja Theory
  • Obsidian Entertainment
  • Playground Games
  • Rare
  • Turn 10 Studios
  • Undead Labs
  • ZeniMax Media
    • Arkane Studios
    • Bethesda
    • id Software
    • MachineGames

Former subsidiaries

• Xbox Game Studios
  • Bungie
  • Carbonated Games
  • Digital Anvil
  • Ensemble Studios
  • FASA Studio
  • Lionhead Studios
  • Press Play
  • Twisted Pixel

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