MacSoft parent companyDestineerhas announced architectural plan to open its next development studio apartment in Raleigh , NC . The news do on the heels of MacSoft ’s promulgation that it be after to bring Age of Empires III to the Macintosh this September .
In addition to its Mac game conversion efforts through MacSoft , Destineer also make grow and publish its own game , such as last year ’s Close Combat : First to Fight , a first person shooter that put you in charge of a four - man Marine fire squad engage in urban combat in Beirut , Lebanon .
The Raleigh development studio will ab initio train commercial-grade videogames and training pretense based on Destineer ’s work with the US intelligence operation residential district , according to a statement issued by Destineer . The technology used for First to Fight was co - developed for work with US intelligence . Destineer is based near Minneapolis , Minn.
“ We picked Raleigh as the localisation for this studio because it has a strong existing videogame development community , 3 of the nation ’s top university , and because , frankly , you’re able to grease one’s palms a gorgeous 4 - bedroom house 15 minutes away from the part for about the same monetary value as lease a 2 - bedroom flat on either seacoast , ” say Destineer President Peter Tamte .
Several other major videogame ontogeny studio also call the Raleigh surface area rest home , including Red Storm Entertainment and Epic Games .
Destineer creative director Juan Benito , co - founding father of Red Storm Entertainment , will start operations at the studio apartment on August 28 , 2006 . Destineer say it has positions uncommitted in technology , art and design . Destineer in the end hopes to utilize at least 100 engineers , artists , couturier , QA stave and direction at the new location .
