
Prior to founding Bethesda Softworks, Christopher Weaver was a technology forecaster and a communications engineer in the television and cable industries. History 1980s Bethesda Softworks' original logo, 1986 In 2021, Microsoft purchased ZeniMax, maintaining that the company will continue to operate as a separate business. In 2001, Bethesda spun off its own in-house development team into Bethesda Game Studios, and Bethesda Softworks retained only its publishing function. In its first 15 years, it was a video game developer and self-published its titles. In 1999, it became a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media. The company was founded by Christopher Weaver in 1986 as a division of Media Technology Limited.

Bethesda Softworks LLC is an American video game publisher based in Rockville, Maryland.
