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American umbrella company
Destineer, Inc.
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Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2001 (2001)
FounderPeter Tamte
DefunctMay 2011 (2011-05)
FateDissolved
HeadquartersMinnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.
Area servedNorth America
Key peoplePaul Rinde (CEO)
Divisions
  • Destineer Holdings, Inc.
  • Destineer Publishing Corp.
  • Destineer Studios, Inc.
Subsidiaries
Websitedestineergames.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.

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.
  • Atomic Games, Inc.: On May 6, 2005, Destineer announced its acquisition of Atomic Games, Inc.
  • Bold Games: A publishing label for Microsoft video games ported to Mac OS. The brand stopped publishing Mac OS games following MacSoft's acquisition.

Published games

References

  1. Cohen, Peter (April 28, 2006). "Securing new funding, Destineer promises more Mac games". Macworld. IDG. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  2. Phillips, Michael (August 26, 2002). "Interview: Destineer's Peter Tamte". IMG. Archived from the original on October 19, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  3. "Macworld: News: Destineer acquires MacSoft". November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  4. "Destineer Announces Acquisition of Pioneering GAMES Developer, Atomic Games". Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2006.
  5. "MacGamer - Get In The Game". October 19, 2006. Archived from the original on October 19, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2023.

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