ZeniMax Media /

ZeniMax Media Inc. is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games. It is based in Rockville, Maryland, United States. ZeniMax Media is known as a third party publisher and as the owner of id Software (developer of DOOM and Quake), Bethesda Softworks (developer of The Elder Scrolls and Fallout), Arkane Studios (developer of Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic), Tango Gameworks and Machinegames. The following video game development studios and brands are owned by ZeniMax Media: ZeniMax Media was founded in 1999 by Bethesda Softworks founder Christopher Weaver and Robert A. Altman. Weaver's vision was to use Bethesda Softworks as a hybrid-media company which would create cross-media properties for a diverse range of different platforms. Weaver brought Altman on board as CEO, contributing his stock in Bethesda Softworks so that the new shell company (ZeniMax Media) would be able to obtain funding. Weaver moved to a non-operational role in 2002. Under ZeniMax Media, Bethesda developed and published The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Bethesda is also the publisher of three new Star Trek games, Star