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Infogrames' MacSoft sold to Destineer

updated 05:55 pm EST, Thu January 30, 2003

 
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from Infogrames. The sale included all rights to the MacSoft brand and all MacSoft-branded existing products and products under development, as well as first rights to publish Macintosh versions of future Infogrames' products. Destineer plans to publish at least ten major Macintosh games under its MacSoft label during 2003, including Master of Orion III, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeon Siege, and Halo. The majority of MacSoft's employees will join Destineer immediately. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.


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    right on!

    This could be great news... if they can follow through.

    Here's hoping they can!

    Good luck.

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    Macsoft.com is bad link!!

    Macsoft.com has never been a true mac based website. The macsoft website was always a sub-site of Infogrames or previous to that Wizworks.


    Please update the info accordingly!

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    uh...

    isn't destineer a vassel of the evil monopoly?

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    Macsoft returns HOME

    Infogrames acquired MacSoft as a part of the Minneapolis-based The WizardWorks Group, Inc. in 1999. The Company has been a major force in the Macintosh games business for more than nine years.

    About Destineer, Inc.
    Destineer is a privately held developer and publisher of computer and video games. MacSoft was started in 1993 by Peter Tamte, who is Destineer's president.

    The company's Destineer Studios is creating a next-generation 3D engine and games for release on PCs, Macs, and videogame consoles, and the company publishes many top-selling PC games for the Macintosh under the MacSoft and Bold labels.

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    vassel of the evil monopo

    insofar as Peter Tamte has bought back rights for Mac version of their games as well as consolidated the holdings from infogrames.

    but now much of mac gaming is consolidated at one rebel base that can be easily wiped out by a single death star....

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    Hey Macnn.com

    If a reader posts comments - please leave them for others to read.

    The post was not necessary for you to remove. Better journalism leaves for better viewership!!!

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    Hoping for OS X updates

    Hopefully some of the existing stable of games will get updated for native OS X. I really miss playing SCRABBLE online :-)

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    Halo five years later

    Halo finally coming to the Mac? Considering Bungie was making it to come out for the Mac in 2000 before Microshit bought and bascially ruined them (a trait of Microsloth). By the time Halo is out for the Mac it'll look like Tetris put up against the gaming environment that will exist.

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    Halo?

    Why was MacSoft working on Halo if Bungie already had a version of Halo working on the Mac before anything else?

    I'm confused :)

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    Halo: Mac/PC version

    Halo was scrapped for a whole new engine for XBOX.

    The game was in beta stages when previewed for the Mac at Macworld. The game today is customized for the XBOX. The PC version is easier to port thanks to XBOX and PC use of Direct X. The Mac version will be the last to hit the shelves.

    Go MICROSOFT!!!

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