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'''WizardWorks Group, Inc.''' was an American [[video game developer]] and [[Video game publisher|publisher]] located in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. Focused on casual consumer games sold through mass-merchants like [[Target Corporation|Target]] and [[Wal-Mart]], WizardWorks was best known for publishing the ''[[Deer Hunter (video game)|Deer Hunter]]'' series of video games developed by [[Sunstorm Interactive]], but also made expansion packs for games such as ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'' and ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]''. By 1996, WizardWorks sold software under the WizardWorks, [[CompuWorks]], and [[MacSoft]] labels.
| name = WizardWorks Group, Inc.
| logo = WizardWorks logo.svg
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| fate = Dissolved by parent
| founded = {{Start date and age|1980|08|21}}
| founder = <!-- or: | founders = -->
| defunct = {{End date|2004|03|29}}
| hq_location_city = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States|U.S.]]
| area_served = North America
| key_people =
| num_employees = 19
| num_employees_year = 2004
| parent = [[Atari, Inc. (1993–present)|Atari]] {{small|(1996–2004)}}
| website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}


'''WizardWorks Group, Inc.''' was an American [[video game developer]] and [[Video game publisher|publisher]] based in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. The company was founded in 1980 and, in 1993, WizardWorks opened the [[CompuWorks]] and [[MacSoft]] divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by [[GT Interactive]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GT+Interactive+acquires+The+WizardWorks+Group,+a+leading+software...-a018417293|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514153539/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GT+Interactive+acquires+The+WizardWorks+Group%2c+a+leading+software...-a018417293|title=GT Interactive acquires The WizardWorks Group, a leading software publisher|website=[[Business Wire]]|archivedate=May 14, 2014|date=June 25, 1996|accessdate=September 4, 2021|via=[[The Free Dictionary]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Svensson|first=Christian |title=GT Bags FormGen|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=21 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=September 1996|page=24}}</ref> to become part of their [[GT Value Products]] umbrella, which was later abandoned. Through acquisitions, GT Interactive became [[Atari, Inc. (1993–present)|Atari]]. On March 29, 2004, Atari, Inc. closed down all operations of WizardWorks, and folded outstanding projects into their publishing branch in [[Beverly, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Feldman|first=Curt |title=Deer Hunter Publisher Shuttered|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/deer-hunter-publisher-shuttered/1100-6092469|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=17 August 2017|date=March 29, 2004}}</ref>
In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by [[GT Interactive]], and was eventually combined with other GT Interactive holdings in Minneapolis to form GT Interactive's Value Products Division. WizardWorks continued as label through a subsequent corporate acquisition by [[Infogrames]] which later became [[Atari, Inc. (Atari, SA subsidiary)|Atari, Inc.]]

In 2004, Atari closed the Minneapolis office, folding outstanding projects into the [[Beverly, Massachusetts]] office.<ref>http://www.gamespot.com/articles/deer-hunter-publisher-shuttered/1100-6092469</ref>


== Games published ==
== Games published ==
* ''[[911 Fire Rescue]]''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* ''[[Gold Box#Collections|Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Collectors Edition]]''
! Year
* ''[[Beach Head 2000]]''
! Title
* ''[[Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold]]''
|-
* ''[[Carnivores (video game)|Carnivores]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[Fun Pack]]''
* ''[[Carnivores 2]]''
* ''[[Carnivores Ice Age]]''
|-
* ''[[Casper (video game)|Casper]]''
| ''[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Collectors Edition: Heroes Of The Lance, Dragons Of Flame & Hillsfar]]''
* ''[[Championship Pool]]''
|-
* ''[[Chasm: The Rift]]''
| 1991
| ''[[Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus]]''
* ''[[Claw (video game)|Claw]]''
* ''[[D!ZONE]]''
|-
* ''[[Damage Incorporated]]''
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| ''[[Treasures of the Savage Frontier]]''
* ''[[Deer Hunter (video game)|Deer Hunter]]''
* ''[[Deer Hunter 2: Monster Buck Pack]]''
|-
| ''[[Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold]]''
* ''[[Deer Hunter 2]]''
* ''[[Deer Hunter 3 Gold]]''
|-
| ''[[Duke Nukem II]]''
* ''[[Deer Hunter 3]]''
* ''[[Deer Hunter 4]]''
|-
* ''[[Deer Hunter 5: Tracking Trophies]]''
| rowspan="4" | 1994
| ''[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Collector's Edition]]''
* ''[[Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars]]''
* ''Dirt Track Racing: Australia''
|-
* ''[[Dirt Track Racing (video game)|Dirt Track Racing]]''
| ''[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Collector's Edition Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[Duke: Nuclear Winter]]''
|-
* ''[[Duke: The Apocalypse]]''
| ''[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Collector's Edition Vol. 3]]''
* ''[[Duke!ZONE]]''
|-
| ''[[Black Knight: Marine Strike Fighter]]''
* ''[[Duke!ZONE II]]''
* ''[[Duke Assault]]''
|-
* ''[[Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach]]''
| rowspan="4" | 1995
| ''[[Secret of the Silver Blades]]''
* ''[[Duke it out in D.C.]]''
* ''[[Duke Nukem II]]''
|-
* ''[[Duke Xtreme]]''
| ''[[Miracle World: Fushigi no Kuni no IQ Meiro]]''
* ''[[Emergency: Fighters for Life]]''
|-
| ''[[Circuit Racer]]''
* ''Fun Pack 3D''
* ''[[Heretic (video game)|H!ZONE]]''
|-
* ''[[Hell to Pay (video game)|Hell to Pay]]''
| ''[[Skunny]]''
* ''[[Harley-Davidson: Race Across America]]''
|-
* ''[[In Pursuit of Greed]]''
| rowspan="11" | 1996
* ''[[Innova Disc Golf (video game)|Innova Disc Golf]]''
| ''[[H!ZONE]]'' for ''Hexen'' and ''Heretic''
* ''[[Leadfoot (video game)|Leadfoot]]''
|-
| ''[[D!ZONE]]'' for ''Doom''
* ''[[Montezuma's Return]]''
* ''[[Ozzie (series)|Ozzie's Forest]]''
|-
* ''Perdition's Gate''
| ''[[Dive: The Conquest of Silver Eye]]''
* ''[[Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus]]''
|-
| ''[[Duke!ZONE]]'' for ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]''
* ''[[Quake (video game)|Q!ZONE]]''
* ''[[Rudolph's Magical Sleigh Ride]]''
|-
| ''[[F!ZONE]]'' for ''Fury 3''
* ''[[Robot Arena]]''
* ''[[Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter]]''
|-
* ''S!ZONE'' (City pack for [[SimCity]] and [[SimCity 2000]])
| ''[[Prime Target]]''
* ''[[Secret of the Silver Blades]]''
|-
| ''[[Sportman's Paradise]]''
* ''[[Skunny]]''
* ''[[Sporting Clays]]''
|-
| ''[[Perdition's Gate]]'' for ''Doom II''
* ''[[StarCraft: Retribution]]''
* ''[[Stargunner]]''
|-
* ''[[Swamp Buggy Racing]]''
| ''[[Hell to Pay (video game)|Hell to Pay]]'' for ''Doom II''
* ''[[Treasures of the Savage Frontier]]''
|-
| ''[[W!ZONE]]'' for ''Warcraft II''
* ''[[Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness|W!ZONE]]''
* ''[[X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse]]''
|-
| ''[[W!ZONE: Retribution]]''
|-
| rowspan="16" | 1997
| ''[[Casper (video game)|Casper: The Interactive Adventure]]''
|-
| ''[[Duke: The Apocalypse]]''
|-
| ''[[Q!ZONE]]'' for ''Quake''
|-
| ''[[Duke!ZONE II]]''
|-
| ''[[Duke Xtreme]]''
|-
| ''[[Duke Assault]]''
|-
| ''[[Duke it out in D.C.]]''
|-
| ''[[Damage Incorporated]]''
|-
| ''[[Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach]]''
|-
| ''[[Duke: Nuclear Winter]]''
|-
| ''[[Blood (video game)#Cryptic Passage|Cryptic Passage for Blood]]''
|-
| ''[[Chasm: The Rift]]''
|-
| ''[[Deer Hunter (computer game)|Deer Hunter]]''
|-
| ''[[Entombed Enhanced]]''
|-
| ''[[Stargunner]]''
|-
| ''[[X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse]]''
|-
| rowspan="15" | 1998
| [[Baseball Mogul 99]]
|-
| [[Carnivores (series)|''Carnivores'' (series)]]
|-
| [[Chess Wars: A Medieval Fantasy]]
|-
| [[Claw (computer game)|Claw]]
|-
| ''[[Damage Incorporated]]''
|-
| ''[[Deer Hunter 2]]''
|-
| ''[[Deep Sea Trophy Fishing]]''
|-
| ''[[Fisherman's Paradise]]''
|-
| ''[[Montezuma's Return]]''
|-
| ''[[StarCraft: Retribution]]''
|-
| ''[[Pro Bass Fishing]]''
|-
| ''[[Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter]]''
|-
| ''[[Sporting Clays]]''
|-
| ''[[Emergency: Fighters for Life]]''
|-
| ''Resurrection Pack for [[Quake (video game)|Quake]]''
|-
| rowspan="9" | 1999
| ''[[Buckmasters Top Bow Championship]]''
|-
| ''[[Deer Hunter 3]]''
|-
| ''[[Harley-Davidson: Race Across America]]''
|-
| ''[[Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter II]]''
|-
| ''[[Championship Pool]]''
|-
| ''[[Innova Disc Golf]]''
|-
| ''[[Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter]]''
|-
| ''[[FunPack 3D]]''
|-
| ''[[Great Jigsaw Puzzles]]''
|-
| rowspan="15" | 2000
| ''[[Wal-Mart FLW Tour Tournament 2000]]''
|-
| ''[[Bird Hunter: Wild Wings]]''
|-
| ''[[Total Adrenaline Drag Racing]]''
|-
| ''[[Emergency Rescue: Firefighters]]''
|-
| ''[[Deer Hunter 2: Monster Buck Pack]]''
|-
| ''[[Swamp Buggy Racing]]''
|-
| ''[[Dirt Track Racing]]''
|-
| ''[[Deer Hunter 3 Gold]]''
|-
| ''Great White Hunter''
|-
| ''[[High Impact Paintball]]''
|-
| ''[[Beach Head 2000]]''
|-
| ''[[Buckmasters Deer Hunting]]''
|-
| ''[[Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter III: Trophies]]''
|-
| ''[[Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars]]''
|-
| ''[[Harley Davidson: Race Across America ]]''
|-
| rowspan="11" | 2001
| ''[[Real Dominoes]]''
|-
| ''[[Deer Hunter 4]]''
|-
| ''[[Shark! Hunting the Great White]]''
|-
| ''[[Robot Arena]]''
|-
| ''[[Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet ]]''
|-
| ''[[B-17 Gunner: Air War Over Germany]]''
|-
| ''[[Leadfoot (video game)|Leadfoot]]''
|-
| ''[[Season Ticket Baseball]]''
|-
| ''[[Deer Hunter 5: Tracking Trophies]]''
|-
| ''[[Dirty Dozen XL]]''
|-
| ''[[Police: Tactical Training]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Real Poker: Wild West]]''
|-
| ''[[M4: Operation Tiger Hunt]]''
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Team DK BMX]]''
|-
| 2006
| ''[[911: First Responders]]''
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20011009000209/http://wizardworks.com/}} (archived on October 9, 2001)
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20011009000209/http://wizardworks.com/}} (archived on October 9, 2001)


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Latest revision as of 01:01, 14 November 2023

WizardWorks Group, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedAugust 21, 1980; 43 years ago (1980-08-21)
DefunctMarch 29, 2004 (2004-03-29)
FateDissolved by parent
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minnesota
,
U.S.
Area served
North America
Number of employees
19 (2004)
ParentAtari (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 opened the CompuWorks and MacSoft divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by GT Interactive[1][2] to become part of their GT Value Products umbrella, which was later abandoned. Through acquisitions, GT Interactive became Atari. On March 29, 2004, Atari, Inc. closed down all operations of WizardWorks, and folded outstanding projects into their publishing branch in Beverly, Massachusetts.[3]

Games published[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "GT Interactive acquires The WizardWorks Group, a leading software publisher". Business Wire. June 25, 1996. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2021 – via The Free Dictionary.
  2. ^ Svensson, Christian (September 1996). "GT Bags FormGen". Next Generation. No. 21. Imagine Media. p. 24.
  3. ^ Feldman, Curt (March 29, 2004). "Deer Hunter Publisher Shuttered". GameSpot. Retrieved August 17, 2017.

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