American umbrella company
Destineer, Inc. Company type Private Industry Video games Founded 2001 (2001 ) Founder Peter Tamte Defunct May 2011 (2011-05 ) Fate Dissolved Headquarters , U.S.
Area served
North America Key people
Paul Rinde (CEO ) Divisions Destineer Holdings, Inc. Destineer Publishing Corp. Destineer Studios, Inc. Subsidiaries Website destineergames .com
Destineer, Inc. was an American umbrella company covering a holding company , a video game publisher , and video game developer based in Minnetonka, Minnesota . The company was founded by Peter Tamte, former executive vice-president of Bungie , in 2001. It developed some original titles and also ported games from Windows to Macs under a number of different brands, including MacSoft and Bold Games.[1] [2]
In May 2011, the company silently shut down, together with all of its divisions and subsidiaries.
Subsidiaries
MacSoft : On January 30, 2003, Infogrames Inc. announced it had sold MacSoft to Destineer, Inc.[3]
Atomic Games, Inc. : On May 6, 2005, Destineer announced acquisition of Atomic Games, Inc.[4]
Bold Games : A publishing label for Microsoft video games ported to Mac OS. The brand stopped publishing Mac OS games following MacSoft's acquisition.[5]
Published games
References
^ Cohen, Peter (April 28, 2006). "Securing new funding, Destineer promises more Mac games" . Macworld . IDG. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
^ Phillips, Michael (August 26, 2002). "Interview: Destineer's Peter Tamte" . IMG . Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
^ "Macworld: News: Destineer acquires MacSoft" . November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2023 .
^ "Destineer Announces Acquisition of Pioneering GAMES Developer, Atomic Games" . Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2006 .
^ "MacGamer - Get In The Game" . October 19, 2006. Archived from the original on October 19, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2023 .
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