after the acquisition of major video game developer bethesda microsoft may be planning on acquiring some of the japanese game development companies too as per a report by bloombergaccording to the report the redmondbased tech giant has entered into talks with some japanbased game developers like koei tecmo games co about porting some of their titles on xbox the company has also reportedly approached small to big japanese game developers with a view to acquire their businessesas for acquiring japanbased game development studios jeremy hinton head of xbox operations in asia reportedly said that microsoft is always open to discussions with creators that are a good fit no acquisition has been confirmed as of now though as per hinton microsoft is also looking to gain more subscribers to the xbox game pass ultimate service with the project xcloud offeringmicrosoft earlier acquired zenimax media the parent company of bethesda softworks in a 75 billion deal some of the popular gaming franchises of bethesdas are the elder scrolls fallout wolfenstein and doom as part of the deal bethesdas future games will be added to the xbox game pass subscription