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Destineer Announces Acquisition of Pioneering GAMES Developer, Atomic Games
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, May 6, 2005 – Video game developer and publisher Destineer today announced that it has acquired Atomic Games, Inc., a pioneering developer of action-oriented military strategy games.
Atomic’s legacy began in 1992, when it scored a Game of the Year award for its very first title, V for Victory. In 1996, Atomic changed military games forever with the ground-breaking Close Combat series that went on to sell more than 1.2 million units and win dozens of accolades, including being named one of the “50 Best Games Ever” by PC Gamer magazine in October, 1998. Proving true innovation never gets old, Close Combat is still garnering awards years after its initial release with Gamespy naming the game one of the “Top 10 Strategy Games of All Time” in February, 2004.
Peter Tamte, president of Destineer, explains its acquisition of Atomic by saying, “Lots of military games test how fast you can click a mouse. The real genius of Close Combat lies in its psychology model that tests your leadership skills. Close Combat guarantees players a level of authenticity no other action-oriented military game has offered.”
Adds Keith Zabalaoui, Atomic’s founder, “From the start, Close Combat was never about resource management and technology trees. It's about leading men who depend on you for their survival, just as you depend on them for yours. Destineer’s acquisition of Atomic injects new energy into the Close Combat series, while building on the authenticity that defines it.”
The next game in the highly successful series will be Close Combat: Red Phoenix, a realistic real-time strategy game set on the challenging terrain of today’s Korean peninsula. Loosely based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Larry Bond, Close Combat: Red Phoenix puts players in command of a reinforced rifle platoon of U.S. Marines or South Korean soldiers fighting against an invasion by North Korea in 2007. The game is scheduled for worldwide release in 2006.
Close Combat: Red Phoenix follows Close Combat: First to Fight, a tactical first-person shooter by Destineer, published by 2K Games, that was released in April for the Microsoft Xbox® video game system, Windows and Macintosh. Created with help from more than 40 active-duty US Marines returning from combat in Iraq, Close Combat: First to Fight puts players in control of a four-man Marine fire team in the thick of urban combat in Beirut.
About Destineer
Destineer® was created in 2001 by Peter Tamte, who was executive vice-president of Bungie Software, makers of the best-selling video game Halo, before forming Destineer. The company is managed today by Mr. Tamte and CEO Paul Rinde, formerly a senior vice-president of Atari. Destineer develops and publishes commercial videogames for personal computers and videogame consoles under the Destineer, Bold Games, and MacSoft brands, and it creates highly realistic action-oriented training simulations for the United States military. More information is available at www.destineerstudios.com.
About Atomic Games
In 1992, Atomic Games scored a Game of the Year award for their first title, V for Victory. Over the ensuing 14 years, Atomic has released more than 14 titles and won dozens of industry awards. In 2003, the United States Marine Corps released Atomic’s Close Combat Marine, the first game of commercial origin to be developed with the US Marines and released throughout the Marine Corps. That game is now being used as a tactical training tool within the Marine Corps and at the US Military Academy at West Point. More information about Atomic is available at www.atomic.com.
Close Combat and Atomic are registered trademarks of Atomic Games, Inc.
Destineer and First to Fight are trademarks or registered trademarks of Destineer, Inc. Xbox, Windows, and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.