Destineer

{{Use American English|date=January 2019}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}

{{short description|American umbrella company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Destineer, Inc.

| logo = Destineer logo.png

| type = Private

| industry = Video games

| fate = Dissolved

| founded = {{Start date|2001}}

| founder = Peter Tamte

| defunct = {{End date|2011|05}}

| hq_location_city = Minnetonka, Minnesota

| hq_location_country = U.S.

| area_served = North America

| key_people = Paul Rinde (CEO)

| divisions = {{Unbulleted list|Destineer Holdings, Inc.|Destineer Publishing Corp.|Destineer Studios, Inc.}}

| subsid = {{Unbulleted list|Atomic Games|Bold Games|MacSoft}}

| website = {{URL|destineergames.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.{{cite web |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1050576/destineer.html |title=Securing new funding, Destineer promises more Mac games |last=Cohen |first=Peter |date=April 28, 2006 |work=Macworld |publisher=IDG |access-date=May 15, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=173 |title=Interview: Destineer's Peter Tamte |last=Phillips |first=Michael |date=August 26, 2002 |work=IMG |access-date=June 5, 2018 |archive-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019075755/http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=173 |url-status=dead }}

In May 2011, the company silently shut down, together with all of its divisions and subsidiaries.