List of Xbox studios

Blizzard Irvine and Mojang Stockholm are examples of Xbox studios.

This is a list of Xbox video game studios, including development studios, support studios, and satellite studios. Xbox is an American video game company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, US, founded on January 18, 2022.

After several acquisitions, Xbox has become one of the largest video game companies, and it has one of the largest in-house development teams, with thousands of employees working in 28 studios as of September 2026.

As of September 2026, Xbox consists of the following subsidiaries: Xbox Game Studios, ZeniMax Media, Activision Blizzard, Mojang Studios, and King. It owns six video game publishing labels, including Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, Mojang Studios, and King.

Studios

Name Location(s) Founded Notable release(s) Ref.
Directly owned
King Stockholm, Sweden 2003 Candy Crush Saga series, Farm Heroes Saga series, and Microsoft Casual Games
Malmö, Sweden
London, England
New York City, New York
San Francisco, California
Los Angeles, California
Redmond, Washington
Dublin, Ireland
St. Paul's Bay, Malta
Barcelona, Spain
Berlin, Germany
Mojang Studios Stockholm, Sweden 2009 Minecraft series
Redmond, Washington
Shanghai, China
Tokyo, Japan
London, England
Xbox Game Studios
The Coalition Vancouver, British Columbia 2010 Gears of War series (2014–present)
Halo Studios Redmond, Washington 2007 Halo series (2010–2026)
inXile Entertainment Tustin, California 2002 Wasteland series, Clockwork Revolution
New Orleans, Louisiana
Playground Games Leamington Spa, England 2010 Forza series, Fable series (2020–present)
Redmond, Washington 2001
ZeniMax Media
Bethesda Game Studios Rockville, Maryland 2001 Fallout series, The Elder Scrolls series, Starfield
Austin, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Montreal, Quebec
id Software Richardson, Texas 1991 Wolfenstein series (1992–2008), Doom series, Quake series
Frankfurt, Germany
Obsidian Entertainment Irvine, California 2003 Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity series, The Outer Worlds series, Grounded series
MachineGames Uppsala, Sweden 2009 Wolfenstein series (2014–present), Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Sundsvall, Sweden
ZeniMax Online Studios Hunt Valley, Maryland 2007 The Elder Scrolls Online
Budapest, Hungary
Activision Blizzard
Activision Shanghai Studio Shanghai, China 2009 Call of Duty series support studio
Beenox Quebec City, Quebec 2000 Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Call of Duty series support studio
Montreal, Quebec
Blizzard Entertainment Irvine, California 1991 Warcraft series, Diablo series, StarCraft series, Overwatch series
Albany, New York
Austin, Texas
Boston, Massachusetts
Shanghai, China
Seoul, South Korea
Sydney, New South Wales
Taipei, Taiwan
Barcelona, Spain
Demonware Dublin, Ireland 2003 Call of Duty series support studio
Vancouver, British Columbia
Los Angeles, California
Shanghai, China
Digital Legends Entertainment Barcelona, Spain 2001 Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, Call of Duty series support studio
Elsewhere Entertainment Warsaw, Poland 2024 —
Malmö, Sweden
High Moon Studios Carlsbad, California 2001 Darkwatch, Transformers: War for Cybertron, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Deadpool, Call of Duty series support studio
Infinity Ward Los Angeles, California 2002 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sub-series
Austin, Texas
Kraków, Poland
Mexico City, Mexico
Barcelona, Spain
Rare Twycross, England 1985 Battletoads series, Killer Instinct series, Banjo-Kazooie series, Conker series, Perfect Dark series, Viva Piñata series, Sea of Thieves
Raven Software Middleton, Wisconsin 1990 Heretic/Hexen series, Soldier of Fortune series, Singularity, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty series support studio
Sledgehammer Games San Mateo, California 2009 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: WWII, Call of Duty: Vanguard, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
San Francisco, California
Toronto, Ontario
Guildford, England
Melbourne, Victoria
Solid State Studios Santa Monica, California 2021 Support for Call of Duty: Mobile
Treyarch Los Angeles, California 1996 Call of Duty: Black Ops sub-series
Vancouver, British Columbia
Austin, Texas
World's Edge Redmond, Washington 2019 Age of Empires series (2019–present)

Former studios

Xbox Game Studios

ZeniMax Media

Activision

See also

References

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