Destineer

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Destineer, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2001 (2001)
FounderPeter Tamte
DefunctMay 2011 (2011-05)
FateDissolved
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
North America
Key people
Paul 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.[1][2]

In May 2011, the company silently shut down, together with all of its divisions and subsidiaries.

Subsidiaries

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  • 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]

Published games

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References

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