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'''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 openend 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 [[Infogrames, Inc.]] and later [[Atari, Inc. (Atari, SA subsidiary)|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]].<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>
'''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 openend 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 [[Infogrames, Inc.]] and later [[Atari, Inc. (Atari, SA subsidiary)|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]].<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>


== Games published ==
== Games published ==

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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, 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][2] 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.[3]

Games published

References

  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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