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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,
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] 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

References

  1. ^ Svensson, Christian (September 1996). "GT Bags FormGen". Next Generation. No. 21. Imagine Media. p. 24.
  2. ^ Feldman, Curt (March 29, 2004). "Deer Hunter Publisher Shuttered". GameSpot. Retrieved August 17, 2017.

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