All the Bethesda games being added to Xbox Game Pass

Every Bethesda game, old and new, will be coming to Xbox Game Pass thanks to the new deal struck between Microsoft and Zenimax Media.

Zenimax is the parent company of Bethesda, which is responsible for creating some of the biggest franchises in gaming with the likes of The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Doom falling under its large umbrella.

All of these games will be brought into the Xbox fold and a statement from Bethesda has shed some light on what that means for upcoming games, PlayStation exclusive titles and more going forward.

Starfield, a space-faring game which is still in development was mentioned specifically in the statement: “Microsoft will grow from 15 to 23 creative studio teams and will be adding Bethesda's iconic franchises to Xbox Game Pass".

"This includes Microsoft's intent to bring Bethesda’s future games into Xbox Game Pass the same day they launch on Xbox or PC, like Starfield, the highly anticipated, new space epic currently in development by Bethesda Game Studios".

While the fate of the Elder Scrolls VI is still up in the air, it seems likely that this would be an Xbox exclusive and, if it follows the same trajectory as the rest of these Zenimax Bethesda games, then it will also come to Xbox Game Pass when it is finally released.

Following the announcement this week, head of Microsoft Phil Spencer explained what the new merge means for Bethesda's exclusives which will be coming to the PS5 in the near future.

Spencer told Bloomberg that Xbox will honour the PS5 exclusivity for both Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, which are listed as 'timed' PS5 exclusives.

Every future game by Bethesda will be on Xbox, PC first and it will examine each title on a case by case basis on whether or not it will be released on other consoles.

The most recent statement from Bethesda also mentioned that Elder Scrolls VI, and Starfield, will be benefiting from the "largest engine overhaul since Oblivion", which is sure to be welcome news to people who were worried that the next Elder Scrolls game would look exactly like Skyrim, complete with it's extremely terrible and rigid animations.

At the moment, Zenimax has a number of live service games like The Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout 76, but these titles will not be affected by the merge, other than having them remain on Xbox Game Pass in perpetuity.

It seems like the move was done to cement the clout and appeal of Xbox Game Pass, which has recently hit 15 million users for the monthly subscription service.

Now with the unfettered additions of Bethesda games, Microsoft might be trying to push more people to consider buying one of the new Xbox Series consoles through All Access payment plans.

These are basically contracts which see you buy a console and pay it off through monthly instalments.

Pre-orders for the Xbox Series S and Series X consoles went live earlier today, with many shops selling out quickly.

Amazon still has some Xbox Series S consoles available, which you can pre-order here.