Destineer
software company
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.
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