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
Destineer, Inc. was an Americanumbrella company covering aholding company , avideo game publisher , andvideo game developer based inMinnetonka, Minnesota . The company was founded by Peter Tamte, formerexecutive vice-president ofBungie , 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.
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 its 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] ^ Cohen, Peter (April 28, 2006)."Securing new funding, Destineer promises more Mac games" .Macworld . RetrievedMay 15, 2017 . ^ Phillips, Michael (August 26, 2002)."Interview: Destineer's Peter Tamte" .IMG the original on October 19, 2018. RetrievedJune 5, 2018 . ^ "Macworld: News: Destineer acquires MacSoft" . November 7, 2006. Archived fromthe original on November 7, 2006. RetrievedJune 29, 2023 .^ "Destineer Announces Acquisition of Pioneering GAMES Developer, Atomic Games" .Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. RetrievedFebruary 7, 2006 .^ "MacGamer - Get In The Game" . October 19, 2006. Archived fromthe original on October 19, 2006. RetrievedJune 29, 2023 .
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