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Microsoft makes games?
They buy other companies that make games and then proceed to ruin everything about both.
Microsoft has actually been a game company since before they made Windows. Microsoft Flight simulator came out in the early 80s
Arguably not a "game" game, it's a simulator.
Age of Empires I remember playing, Im sure there are others as well.
Everyone always says the "fun fact" about minesweeper and solitare being made by Microsoft to ensure users learned how to point and click, left/right click, and drag and drop, but I would say that was more a means to an end than a video game development aim though.
Granted. I remember Age of Empires II very fondly.
Great another EA
EDIT: sorry, PUI
From the looks of this patent, no.
They most recently bought Bethesda and ActivisionBlizzard.
They bought ZeniMax (including Bethesda, Arkane, Tango Gameworks, and MachineGames) 6 years ago. They've since closed Arkane Austin, it looks like the rest of Arkane is on the chopping block, and Tango Gameworks was closed but then revived with about half ots former staff under new ownership (Krafton - so still not great) along with the rights of Hi-Fi Rish (but not the Evil Within or Ghostwire).
Pretty sad but hopefully some of these developers start an indie studio.