Arkane Studios

Arkane Studios is a French video game development studio owned by ZeniMax Media (now a Microsoft subsidiary). The company developed several games including the Dishonored series, Prey (2017), Deathloop, and Redfall.

As a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, which is owned by Microsoft, Arkane Studios' games contribute to Microsoft Gaming's revenue streams. This makes Arkane Studios products subject to BDS boycott campaigns targeting Microsoft due to the parent company's military contracts and technological support provided to Israeli operations.

Microsoft's Corporate Complicity

Arkane Studios is a French video game development studio owned by ZeniMax Media (now a Microsoft subsidiary). The company developed several games including the Dishonored series, Prey (2017), Deathloop, and Redfall.

As a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, which is owned by Microsoft, Arkane Studios' games contribute to Microsoft Gaming's revenue streams. This makes Arkane Studios products subject to BDS boycott campaigns targeting Microsoft due to the parent company's military contracts and technological support provided to Israeli operations.

BDS Campaign Targeting Arkane Games

The Palestinian BDS National Committee has specifically called for boycotting Microsoft's gaming division, which includes Arkane Studios' portfolio of games. The BDS movement describes Microsoft as:

perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel's illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.

Arkane Studios's major franchises, including The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield, represent a revenue streams for Microsoft Gaming. BDS organizers state that:

Microsoft Gaming, which includes Xbox consoles, Xbox Game Pass, Candy Crush, Call of Duty, Minecraft, and gaming accessories, make up a considerable portion of Microsoft's profit. By boycotting the Xbox brand, we're pressuring Microsoft to end its complicity in Israel's genocide, occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.

The campaign encourages gamers to:

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