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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.
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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.
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Atomic Games, Inc. : On May 6, 2005, Destineer announced acquisition of Atomic Games, Inc.
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Bold Games : A publishing label for Microsoft video games ported to Mac OS. The brand stopped publishing Mac OS games following MacSoft's acquisition.
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^ 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 .
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"Macworld: News: Destineer acquires MacSoft" . November 7, 2006. Archived from
the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2023 .
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"Destineer Announces Acquisition of Pioneering GAMES Developer, Atomic Games" .
Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2006 .
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"MacGamer - Get In The Game" . October 19, 2006. Archived from
the original on October 19, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2023 .