BUNGIE SOFTWARE SCORES KEY PLAYER TO LEAD EXPANSION Apple executive Peter Tamte to head Bungie Publishing CHICAGO—April 22, 1999—Bungie Software is pleased to announce that Peter Tamte, currently Senior Director of Consumer Marketing for Apple Computer, Inc., will soon join Bungie as Executive Vice President of Publishing. Tamte has been responsible for Apple's consumer marketing worldwide under the direction of Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. But Tamte is eager to return to the industry where he got his start. As he recently noted, "the Internet is creating tremendous opportunities in entertainment that most traditional publishers are not ready for. Bungie is in a unique position to help drive this change through its three internal development studios and through leveraging its successful multiplayer gaming site, bungie.net, in innovative ways. Most of all, as one of the only publishers intimately involved in game development, Bungie is in a much better position to work with third-party developers to deliver the most compelling content possible." Thus far nearly all of Bungie's games, including the multi- award-winning "Myth" and "Marathon" franchises, have been internally developed. In his new role, Tamte will put his considerable talents to use building Bungie Software into a premier publisher for both internally and externally developed titles. Tamte brings a wealth of practical experience to the job. Before joining Apple, Tamte founded software publisher MacSoft and grew it to become the largest publisher of Macintosh consumer software worldwide. MacSoft is a unit of GT Interactive, a leading global publisher of entertainment and edutainment software for personal computers and game consoles. Prior to MacSoft, Tamte was director of sales and marketing for The WizardWorks Group, the creators of "Deer Hunter". Based in Chicago, Bungie Software is a rarity in the electronic entertainment industry, a private corporation dedicated to both developing and publishing outstanding, immersive electronic games that surpass the boundaries of conventional technology and provide compelling and highly repeatable play. Makers of the hit games "Myth: The Fallen Lords" and "Myth II: Soulblighter", Bungie was recently inducted into the Inc. 500 as the 101st fastest-growing private company in the United States. For more information, surf to http://www.bungie.com. |