ZeniMax Media
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| December 2024 | 461 designers, engineers, graphics artists, and developers at ZeniMax Online Studios unionized as 'ZOS United-CWA'. Microsoft signed a labor-neutrality agreement not to interfere with unionization efforts in ZeniMax Media subsidiaries. |
| January 2023 | 300 QA testers at ZeniMax Online Studios voted to unionize as 'ZeniMax Workers United-CWA'. |
| 2022 | ZeniMax Media purchased Hungarian studio Nemesys Games and rebranded them as ZeniMax Online Studios Hungary. |
| March 2022 | ZeniMax Online Studios announced that Microsoft had completed the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, officially bringing the studio under Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios umbrella. |
| March 9 2021 | Microsoft completed the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, officially bringing ZeniMax Online Studios under Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios portfolio, marking a major transition for the game development studio. |
| 2020 | ZeniMax Online Studios continued to support and expand The Elder Scrolls Online with regular updates and expansions throughout this period. |
| 2020 | ZeniMax Online Studios became part of Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax Media, significantly expanding the studio's corporate structure and potential future projects. |
| December 2020 | ZeniMax Online Studios formed a satellite office in San Diego to work on an original intellectual property, starting development of a new IP with a team of about 200 people. |
| 2018 | ZeniMax Online Studios provided additional development work for Fallout 76, released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. |
| December 2018 | ZeniMax announced reaching a settlement agreement with Facebook and Oculus for an undisclosed amount, pending federal court approval. |
| October 2018 | Carmack and ZeniMax reached an agreement, with ZeniMax fully satisfying their financial obligations to Carmack, and the lawsuit was subsequently dropped. |
| June 2018 | The judge reduced the damages owed by Oculus by half and denied ZeniMax's request to halt Oculus Rift sales. |
| 2017 | ZeniMax Online Studios continued to develop significant expansions and updates for The Elder Scrolls Online, maintaining and growing the game's player base. |
| June 19 2017 | Oral arguments were held for ZeniMax's injunction against Oculus Rift sales. |
| May 2017 | ZeniMax filed a new lawsuit against Samsung over the Gear VR, alleging unauthorized access to id Software facilities by Matt Hooper and seeking punitive damages and a share of Gear VR profits. |
| March 2017 | John Carmack filed a lawsuit against ZeniMax, claiming the company owed him $22 million from the id Software acquisition. |
| February 2017 | A jury in Dallas, Texas finds Oculus liable for breach of contract and awards ZeniMax $500 million in damages, though Oculus maintains its innocence. |
| February 24 2017 | ZeniMax filed an injunction to halt sales of the Oculus Rift and development kits following their jury trial victory. |
| 2016 | ZeniMax Online Studios contributed additional work to the development of Doom, releasing it for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Google Stadia. |
| 2015 | The ZeniMax Online Studios Ireland branch was effectively shut down. |
| June 9 2015 | The Elder Scrolls Online was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, expanding the game's availability to console platforms. |
| 2014 | ZeniMax Media files a civil lawsuit against Oculus VR, alleging theft of intellectual property related to the development of the Oculus Rift virtual reality device. |
| April 4 2014 | The Elder Scrolls Online was officially launched for Microsoft Windows, marking the studio's first major game release and entry into the MMORPG market. |
| 2012 | ZeniMax Online Studios had approximately 250 employees, marking a significant point in the company's growth and development of its workforce. |
| May 3 2012 | Game Informer announced that ZeniMax Online Studios was developing The Elder Scrolls Online, set approximately a millennium before the events of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. |
| March 6 2012 | ZeniMax Online Studios signed a licensing deal with Elastic Path Software. |
| August 8 2011 | ZeniMax Online Studios selected Splunk as its platform for business intelligence, network operations monitoring, and operational intelligence. |
| March 15 2011 | ZeniMax Online Studios announced plans to open a customer support center in Galway, Ireland, with the expectation of creating hundreds of jobs. |
| March 15 2010 | ZeniMax Online Studios announced it will use the Fork Particle SDK to create particle effects for its upcoming massively multiplayer game. |
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