Destineer

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]

Destineer, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	2001 (2001)
Founder	Peter Tamte
Defunct	May 2011 (2011-05)
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	Minnetonka, Minnesota , U.S.
Area served	North America
Key people	Paul Rinde (CEO)
Divisions	Destineer Holdings, Inc. Destineer Publishing Corp. Destineer Studios, Inc.
Subsidiaries	Atomic Games Bold Games MacSoft
Website	destineergames.com

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.^[3]
• Atomic Games, Inc.: On May 6, 2005, Destineer announced 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

• Age of Empires II
• Age of Empires III
• Cate West: The Vanishing Files
• Close Combat: First to Fight
• Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy
• Giana Sisters DS
• Homie Rollerz
• Indianapolis 500 Legends
• Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine
• John Deere: American Farmer
• Links Championship Edition
• Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ
• Master of Orion III
• Neverwinter Nights
• Rec Room Games
• Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
• Samurai Deeper Kyo
• Starship Troopers
• Stoked
• Summer Sports: Paradise Island
• Sword of the Stars
• Taito Legends
• Taito Legends 2
• Taito Legends Power-Up
• Tropico
• Unreal Tournament 2003
• Unreal Tournament 2004
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Wings Over Europe
• Wings Over Vietnam
• WordJong DS
• WWII Aces

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.

External links

• Official website