Tech Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media, ‘Fallout’ publisher Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Brett Molina, USA TODAY Comments Off on Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media, ‘Fallout’ publisher Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B Microsoft announced Monday it will acquire ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion. The deal includes Bethesda Softworks, publisher of Fallout and Doom.