Destineer, Inc. was an American
umbrella company
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covering a
holding company
A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...
, a
video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer.
They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer ( ...
, and a
video game developer that was based in
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Minnetonka ( ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. A western suburb of the Twin Cities, Minnetonka is located about west of downtown Minneapolis. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 53,781.
Minnetonka is th ...
. The company was founded by Peter Tamte, former
executive vice-president
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of
Bungie
Bungie, Inc. is an American video game company based in Bellevue, Washington. It is a studio owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The company was established in May 1991 by Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones afte ...
, 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
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MacSoft
MacSoft was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1993 by Peter Tamte as subsidiary of WizardWorks, specializing in the production of video game ports from Microsoft Windows to Macintosh operating systems, as well as produ ...
: 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
Destineer, Inc. was an American umbrella company covering a holding company, a video game publisher, and a video game developer that was based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The company was founded by Peter Tamte, former executive vice-president ...
: A publishing label for Microsoft video games ported to Mac OS. The brand stopped publishing Mac OS games following MacSoft's acquisition.
The Destineer-MacSoft Deal
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Published games
* '' Age of Empires II''
* ''Age of Empires III
''Age of Empires III'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by Microsoft Corporation's Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The Mac version was ported over and developed and published by Destineer's MacSoft. The PC ...
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* ''Candy Factory
''Candace Kane's Candy Factory'' is an action-puzzle video game for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS and Wii
The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North Amer ...
''
* '' Cate West: The Vanishing Files''
* '' Close Combat: First to Fight''
* ''Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game
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''
* '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy''
* ''Giana Sisters DS
''Giana Sisters DS'', also known on other handheld platforms as ''Giana Sisters'', is a platform game developed by Spellbound Entertainment in cooperation with Bitfield GmbH for the Nintendo DS, iPad, iPhone, and Android. It was published by D ...
''
* ''Homie Rollerz
''Homie Rollerz'' is a 2008 kart racing game developed by Webfoot Technologies and published by Destineer for the Nintendo DS. The game is based on the plastic figurine line Homies by American cartoonist David Gonzales, and follows ten different ...
''
* ''Indianapolis 500 Legends
''Indianapolis 500 Legends'' is a racing game recounting the history of the Indianapolis 500. Players take on the roles of various famous racers between 1961 and 1971, completing tasks such as overtaking a specified number of cars or qualifying ...
''
* '' Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine''
* '' John Deere: American Farmer''
* ''Links Championship Edition
''Links 2001'' is a golf video game developed and published by Microsoft. It is part of the '' Links'' series and follows ''Links LS 2000''. It is the first game in the series to include a golf course designer, allowing the player to create custom ...
''
* ''Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ
''Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ'' is an action rail shooter game for the Nintendo DS. It was published in North America by Destineer, produced and designed by Gammick Entertainment, and developed by Spanish studio EnjoyUp. The game was releas ...
''
* ''Master of Orion III
''Master of Orion III'' is a 4X turn-based strategy game and the third in the ''Master of Orion'' series. ''Master of Orion III'' was developed by Quicksilver Software and published by Infogrames Interactive on February 25, 2003.
Backstory
In ...
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* ''Neverwinter Nights
''Neverwinter Nights'' is a series of video games developed by BioWare and Obsidian Entertainment, based on the ''Forgotten Realms'' campaign setting of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Aside from also being set in the Dungeons & Dr ...
''
*''Rec Room Games''
* '' Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45''
* '' Starship Troopers''
* '' Stoked''
* '' Summer Sports: Paradise Island''
* '' Sword of the Stars''
* ''Taito Legends
''Taito Legends'' is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. The games were originally developed by Taito. The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the game ...
''
* ''Taito Legends 2
''Taito Legends 2'' is the sequel to ''Taito Legends'' and is a follow-up collection of 39 (or 43, see below) Taito arcade games for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. As the former collection, it has been derived from the Japan exclu ...
''
* ''Taito Legends Power-Up
''Taito Legends Power-Up'' is a compilation of classic Taito video games released for the PlayStation Portable system. Patterned after the '' Taito Memories'' series for PlayStation 2, ''Power-Up'' marks the first release of the franchise on a p ...
''
* '' Tropico''
* ''Unreal Tournament 2003
''Unreal Tournament 2003'' is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes, and published by Infogrames under the Atari brand name. The game is part of the ''Unreal'' franchise, and is a sequel to 1999's ...
''
* ''Unreal Tournament 2004
''Unreal Tournament 2004'' is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. Part of the ''Unreal'' franchise, it is the third game in the '' Unreal Tournament'' series and the sequel to '' Unreal Tournam ...
''
* ''We Wish You a Merry Christmas
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is an English Christmas carol, listed as numbers 230 and 9681 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The famous version of the carol is from the English West Country
The West Country (occasionally Westcountry) is ...
''
* ''Wings Over Europe
''Wings Over Europe'' is a PC combat flight simulator game set during the Cold War era where the USSR has attacked NATO forces in West Germany.
The US release of the game is called ''Wings Over Europe: Cold War Gone Hot'', however, the tag lin ...
''
* '' Wings Over Vietnam''
* '' WordJong DS''
* '' WWII Aces''
References
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Defunct companies based in Minnesota
Video game companies established in 2001
Video game companies disestablished in 2011
Defunct video game companies of the United States
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