Microsoft Corp. said Monday it would buy ZeniMax Media, parent company of videogame publisher Bethesda Softworks, for $7.5 billion in cash.
Bethesda Softworks is the publisher of videogames such as “DOOM,” “The Elder Scrolls” and the “Fallout” series. Other ZeniMax subsidiaries include id Software, MachineGames and Tango Gameworks.
The deal…