Destineer
American umbrella company
| Destineer, Inc. |
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
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| Founded | 2001 (2001) |
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| Founder | Peter Tamte |
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| Defunct | May 2011 (2011-05) |
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| Fate | Dissolved |
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| Headquarters | , U.S. |
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Area served | North America |
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| Key people | Paul Rinde (CEO) |
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| Divisions | - Destineer Holdings, Inc.
- Destineer Publishing Corp.
- Destineer Studios, Inc.
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| Subsidiaries | |
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| Website | destineergames.com |
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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.
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. Archived from the original on October 19, 2018. 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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