Microsoft Corporation

Moby ID: 13596

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  • Microsoft (from 1975-04-04 to 1986-03)

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Founded in 1975, Microsoft has become the biggest name in productivity, home entertainment and business software - from the most used operating systems in the world (DOS and later Windows) to Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, Azure and more.

Microsoft has also become a major contributor to video games software in the PC market since the mid 90's, with publishing rights to BattleTech, Age of Empires, Gears of War and Flight Simulator, among many others. Since 2000, the company has used the Microsoft Game Studios (today Xbox Game Studios) label for the video games it publishes.

Microsoft entered the home video games console market in 2001 with the Xbox. It was followed by the Xbox 360 in 2005, Xbox One in 2013 and Xbox Series X|S in 2020.

In 2012 Microsoft released their first hybrid tablet called Surface.

Credited on 1,136 Games from 1979 to 2024

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (2024 on Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox Series)
Solium Infernum (2024 on Windows)
Skull and Bones (2024 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series...)
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (2024 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series)
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series...)
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series)
Alan Wake II (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series)
Wordle: Excel (2023 on Windows, Macintosh)
Forza Motorsport (2023 on Windows, Xbox Series, Windows Apps)
Hellsweeper VR (2023 on Windows, Quest, PlayStation 5)
Starfield (2023 on Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox Series...)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...)
Quake II (2023 on Windows, Windows Apps, PlayStation 4...)
Atlas Fallen (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series)
Final Fantasy XVI (2023 on PlayStation 5)
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie (2023 on Windows, Nintendo Switch)
Hawken: Reborn (2023 on Windows)
Tin Hearts (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...)
Minecraft Legends (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...)
WWE 2K23 (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...)

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October 13, 2023

Company announces the acquisition of Activision Blizzard and all its subsidiaries.

January 18, 2022

Company announces intention to purchase Activision Blizzard, Inc. and all its subsidiaries for US$ 68.7 billion.

September 15, 2014

Microsoft bought Mojang AB

September 24, 2002

Microsoft buys the game developer Rare.

November 2001

Microsoft releases the Xbox, their first home entertainment console, along with the first-person shooter Halo: Combat Evolved.

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Microsoft is traded under ticker symbol MSFT.

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