WizardWorks

WizardWorks Group, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedAugust 21, 1980; 44 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 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]

  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.