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The acquisition gives the Microsoft Xbox ownership of Zenimax Media's franchises such as DOOM, Wolfenstein, Elder Scrolls, Dishonoured, Fallout, and many more. Doom Launched in 1993, The series focuses on the journey of a space marine, popularly known as “Doomguy”, who fights hordes of demons and the undead. DOOM was one of the greatest first-person shooters to be released and can be considered as the founding father of the entire genre itself. The first person horror-shooter wasn’t the first of its kind though; there were already games like Hovertank 3D, Catacomb 3-D, and the critically acclaimed Wolfenstein 3D, but none entered the public eye like Doom was able to. Quake A successor to the developer’s hit series Doom, Quake is built upon both the technology and gameplay of its predecessor, and because of that, it has helped shape a lot of the games that we have been playing in the last two decades. Released in 1996, Quake takes every aspect of Doom that needed work and made it way better. Like Doom, Quake was influential and genre-defining, featuring fast-paced, gory gameplay, but used 3D polygons instead of sprites. From one of the most popular first-person shooter game franchises of all time, Doom, the Doom 64 video game will be ported to the Nintendo Switch platform this November. Read more in our articles including "Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media" and "Let's confuse the kids: Classic 90s games we miss playing".