Digital Anvil and Ensemble Studios were acquired by Microsoft in 20, respectively. įASA Studio and Salt Lake Games Studio remained with Microsoft Game Studios. In 2001, the division was renamed Microsoft Game Studios (MGS). Shane Kim served as the division's general manager. Robbie Bach, who held executive positions in Microsoft's entertainment divisions, was named senior vice-president while Ed Fries, a member of the former Games Group and instrumental for some of its acquisitions, was named as vice-president of the new division. This came alongside the public announcement of the first Xbox console, with Microsoft Games to serve as a developer and publisher of titles for both Xbox and Windows.
Microsoft transitioned the Games Group into a wholly separate division named Microsoft Games around March 2000, along with other consolidation of games-related projects within Microsoft. Under Microsoft, FASA Interactive was renamed FASA Studio, and Access Software became Salt Lake Games Studio.
The Games Group had also established long-term publishing deals with developers like Ensemble Studios ( Age of Empires, Age of Mythology), and Digital Anvil ( Starlancer). Microsoft acquired FASA Interactive in 1999 for its MechWarrior game series, Access Software, and Aces Game Studio, which worked on Flight Simulator.
It announced Microsoft Golf for Windows, based on Access Software's Links, and expanded the games division from two to six people with the intention of commissioning more products from other developers. In 1992, the company began increasing its focus on games. It published subLOGIC's Microsoft Flight Simulator and several Microsoft Entertainment Pack compilations of minigames, but was best known for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. In the early 1990s, Microsoft published a few video games.
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