WizardWorks
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Video game industry |
Founded | August 21, 1980 |
Defunct | March 29, 2004 |
Fate | Dissolved by parent |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | North America |
Number of employees | 19 (2004) |
Parent | Atari, Inc. (1996–2004) |
WizardWorks Group, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company was founded in 1980 and, in 1993, WizardWorks openend the CompuWorks and MacSoft divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by GT Interactive[1] to become part of their GT Value Products umbrella, which was later abandoned. Through acquisitions, GT Interactive became Infogrames, Inc. and later Atari, Inc. on March 29, 2004, Atari, Inc. closed down all operations of WizardWorks, and folded outstanding projects into their publishing branch in Beverly, Massachusetts.[2]
Games published
- Beach Head 2000
- Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
- Carnivores
- Carnivores 2
- Carnivores Ice Age
- Casper
- Championship Pool
- Chasm: The Rift
- Claw
- D!ZONE
- Damage Incorporated
- Deer Hunter
- Deer Hunter 2: Monster Buck Pack
- Deer Hunter 2
- Deer Hunter 3 Gold
- Deer Hunter 3
- Deer Hunter 4
- Deer Hunter 5: Tracking Trophies
- Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars
- Dirt Track Racing: Australia
- Dirt Track Racing
- Duke: Nuclear Winter
- Duke: The Apocalypse
- Duke!ZONE
- Duke!ZONE II
- Duke Assault
- Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach
- Duke it out in D.C.
- Duke Nukem II
- Duke Xtreme
- Emergency: Fighters for Life
- Fun Pack 3D
- H!ZONE
- Hell to Pay
- Harley-Davidson: Race Across America
- Leadfoot
- Montezuma's Return
- Perdition's Gate
- Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus
- Q!ZONE
- Robot Arena
- Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter
- Secret of the Silver Blades
- Skunny
- Sporting Clays
- StarCraft: Retribution
- Stargunner
- Swamp Buggy Racing
- Treasures of the Savage Frontier
- W!ZONE
- X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse
References
- ^ Svensson, Christian (September 1996). "GT Bags FormGen". Next Generation. No. 21. Imagine Media. p. 24.
- ^ Feldman, Curt (March 29, 2004). "Deer Hunter Publisher Shuttered". GameSpot. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
External links
- Official website (archived on October 9, 2001)