List of Microsoft Gaming studios

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Blizzard Irvine and Mojang Stockholm are examples of Microsoft Gaming studios.

This is a list of Microsoft Gaming video game studios, including development studios, support studios, and satellite studios. Microsoft Gaming is an American video game company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, US, founded on January 18, 2022. After several acquisitions, Microsoft Gaming has become one of the largest video game companies, and it has one of the largest in-house development team, with more than 20,100 employees working in over 30 studios in 17 countries as of February 2024. [1] [2] The three subsidiaries consist of: Xbox Game Studios, ZeniMax Media, and Activision Blizzard. It owns 5 video game publishing labels, including Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and King.

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Microsoft Gaming opened and acquired studios in 17 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, France, Spain, Mexico, China, Japan, Ireland, Malta, Australia, Hungary, Taiwan, South Korea and Poland.

Studios

NameLocation(s)FoundedNotable release(s)Ref.
Activision Blizzard
Activision Shanghai Studio Shanghai, China 2009Support for Call of Duty titles [3]
Beenox Quebec City, Quebec 2000Support for Call of Duty titles, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Skylanders series, The Amazing Spider-Man series, Guitar Hero Smash Hits [4] [5]
Montreal, Quebec
Blizzard Entertainment Irvine, California 1991 World of Warcraft, Diablo series, Overwatch series, StarCraft series, Warcraft series, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm [6] [7]
Albany, New York
Austin, Texas
Boston, Massachusetts
Shanghai, China
Seoul, South Korea
Sydney, New South Wales
Cork, Ireland
Taipei, Taiwan
Demonware Dublin, Ireland2003Support for Call of Duty titles [8] [9]
Vancouver, British Columbia
Los Angeles, California
Shanghai, China
Digital Legends Entertainment Barcelona, Spain 2001Support for Call of Duty titles, Call of Duty: Mobile, Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile [10]
Elsewhere Entertainment Warsaw, Poland 2024— [11] [12]
Malmö, Sweden
High Moon Studios Carlsbad, California2001Support for Call of Duty titles, Darkwatch, Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy, Transformers series, Deadpool [13]
Infinity Ward Los Angeles, California2002Call of Duty series, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone [14] [15] [16]
Austin, Texas
Kraków, Poland
Barcelona, Spain
Mexico City, Mexico
Raven Software Middleton, Wisconsin 1990Call of Duty series, Soldier of Fortune series, Heretic/Hexen series, Star Wars: Jedi Knight series, X-Men series, Quake 4, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Wolfenstein, Singularity [17]
King Stockholm, Sweden2003 Candy Crush Saga series, Bubble Witch Saga, Farm Heroes Saga, Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!, Minecraft Blast [18]
Malmö, Sweden
London, England
New York City, New York
San Francisco, California
Dublin, Ireland
St. Paul's Bay, Malta
Barcelona, Spain
Berlin, Germany
Sledgehammer Games Foster City, California2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: WWII, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III [1] [19] [20] [21]
Toronto, Ontario
Guildford, England
Melbourne, Victoria
Solid State Studios Santa Monica, California2021Support for Call of Duty: Mobile [22]
Treyarch Los Angeles, California1996 Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Ultimate Spider-Man, Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops series [1] [19]
Austin, Texas
Vancouver, British Columbia
Bethesda Softworks
Arkane Studios Lyon, France 1999 Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Dishonored series, Prey, Deathloop, Redfall, Marvel's Blade [23]
Bethesda Game Studios Rockville, Maryland 2001 Fallout series, The Elder Scrolls series, Starfield [24] [25] [26] [27]
Austin, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Montreal, Quebec
id Software Richardson, Texas1991 Doom series, Wolfenstein series, Quake series, Rage series [27] [28]
Frankfurt, Germany
MachineGames Uppsala, Sweden2009 Wolfenstein: The New Order , Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle [27] [29]
Sundsvall, Sweden
ZeniMax Online Studios Hunt Valley, Maryland 2007 The Elder Scrolls Online [27] [30]
Budapest, Hungary
Xbox Game Studios
Compulsion Games Montreal, Quebec2009 Contrast, We Happy Few, South of Midnight [31]
Double Fine San Francisco, California2000 Psychonauts series, Brütal Legend, Keeper [32]
Halo Studios Redmond, Washington2007 Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo Infinite, Halo: Campaign Evolved [33]
inXile Entertainment Tustin, California2002 Wasteland series, Clockwork Revolution [34] [35]
New Orleans, Louisiana
Microsoft Casual Games Studio Redmond, Washington2012 Microsoft Solitaire Collection, Microsoft Mahjong, Microsoft Ultimate Word Games, Microsoft Minesweeper, Wordament [36]
Mojang Studios Stockholm, Sweden2009 Minecraft series [37] [38]
Redmond, Washington
London, England
Tokyo, Japan
Shanghai, China
Ninja Theory Cambridge, England2000 Kung Fu Chaos, Heavenly Sword, DmC: Devil May Cry, Hellblade series [39]
Obsidian Entertainment Irvine, California2003 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas, Dungeon Siege III, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Pillars of Eternity series, Grounded series, The Outer Worlds series [34]
Playground Games Leamington Spa, England2010 Forza Horizon series, Fable [40] [41] [42]
Rare Twycross, England1985 Donkey Kong Country, Star Fox Adventures, Killer Instinct series, Banjo-Kazooie series, GoldenEye 007, Battletoads series, Conker series, Perfect Dark series, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Sea of Thieves [43]
The Coalition Vancouver, British Columbia2010 Gears of War 4, Gears 5, Gears of War: E-Day [44]
Turn 10 Studios Redmond, Washington2001 Forza Motorsport series [45]
Undead Labs Seattle, Washington2009 State of Decay series [46] [47]
Orlando, Florida
Champaign, Illinois
World's Edge Redmond, Washington2019 Age of Empires series [48]

Former studios

See also

References

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