Microsoft

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Microsoft
Type	Public
Founded	April 4, 1975
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington
Key people	Bill Gates Paul Allen
Industry	Technology
Products	Computers, Software, Video Games
Employees	134,944 (2018)
Website	https://www.microsoft.com/

Microsoft Corporation is an American technology company best known for the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. The company is also known for manufacturing hardware products, including the Xbox video game consoles. Its video game division, Xbox Game Studios, publishes well-known series such as Halo, Forza, Minecraft, and Gears of War. In 2002, Microsoft purchased Rare from Nintendo, alongside the license for their original IPs like Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark and Conker.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Microsoft owns Rare Ltd., the company that created Banjo & Kazooie, and the universe is set to appear in Ultimate as DLC in Fall 2019.

Trivia

• As Microsoft produces the Xbox line of game consoles, it is the only company with content featured in the Super Smash Bros. series which currently competes with Nintendo.
• Microsoft is the third third-party company to be introduced to the Super Smash Bros. series as DLC, the first two being Square Enix and Atlus.

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