Destineer, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2001 (2001)
FounderPeter Tamte
DefunctMay 2011 (2011-05)
FateDissolved
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
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.

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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. 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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