Question: What year was the company that published the video game Prototype founded?
Context: Game Dev Story is a simulation video game developed and published by Kairosoft for Microsoft Windows, iOS, and Android.  It was released for Windows in April of 1997 , for iOS and Android on October 9, 2010, and for Windows Phone on July 6, 2015.  The game follows a player-controlled video game company and its attempts to expand into a sales powerhouse over time.  As a simulation, the game and the direction of the company is controlled by the player, following a parallel timeline of the video game industry and its history.  The game was released to positive reviews, with many reviewers focusing on "Game Dev Story"' s addictive aspects and its witty references to video game pop culture. Square Enix is a Japanese video game development and publishing company formed from the merger of video game developer Square and publisher Enix on April 1, 2003.  The company is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include the "Final Fantasy" series, the "Dragon Quest" series, and the action role-playing "Kingdom Hearts" series.  Since its inception, the company has developed or published hundreds of titles in various video game franchises on numerous gaming systems.  Of its properties, the "Final Fantasy" franchise is the best-selling, with a total worldwide sales of over 110 million units.  The "Dragon Quest" series has shipped over 66 million units worldwide and is one of the most popular video game series in Japan, while the "Kingdom Hearts" series has shipped over 22 million copies worldwide. Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto.  Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies by market capitalization, creating some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises, such as "Mario", "The Legend of Zelda", and "Pokémon".  Founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels. Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s, ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most-valuable company with a market value of over $85 billion.  From 1992 until 2016, Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners. GamePro was an American multiplatform video game magazine media company that published online and print content covering the video game industry, video game hardware and video game software.  The magazine featured content on various video game consoles, PC computers and mobile devices.  Gamepro Media properties included "GamePro" magazine and their website.  The company was also a part subsidiary of the privately held International Data Group (IDG), a media, events and research technology group. Prototype 2 (stylized as [PROTOTYPE2]) is a 2012 open world action-adventure video game.  Developed by Canadian studio Radical Entertainment and published by Activision, it is the sequel to 2009's "Prototype".  The game was announced at the 2010 Spike VGA Awards.  Versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were released on July 14, 2015 alongside the first game as "Prototype Biohazard Bundle".  Separate versions of the games became available on August 12, 2015. Prototype (stylized as [PROTOTYPE]) is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision.  The game was released in North America on June 9, 2009, and in southwestern parts of North America as well as Oceania on June 10, and was released in Europe on June 12.  Versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were released on July 14, 2015 alongside the sequel as "Prototype Biohazard Bundle".  Separate versions of the games became available on August 12, 2015. Square Enix is a Japanese video game development and publishing company formed from the merger on April 1, 2003 of video game developer Square and publisher Enix.  The company is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include the "Final Fantasy" series, the "Dragon Quest" series, and the action-RPG "Kingdom Hearts" series.  Of its properties, the "Final Fantasy" franchise is the best-selling, with a total worldwide sales of over 100 million units.  The "Dragon Quest" series has shipped over 57 million units worldwide and is one of the most popular video game series in Japan, while the "Kingdom Hearts" series has shipped over 12 million copies worldwide.  Since its inception, the company has developed or published hundreds of titles in various video game franchises on numerous gaming systems. Activision Publishing, Inc., also known as Activision, is an American video game publisher.  It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles.  Its first products were cartridges for the Atari 2600 video console system published from July 1980 for the US market and from August 1981 for the international market (UK). Square Enix is a Japanese video game development and publishing company formed from the merger on April 1, 2003 of video game developer Square and publisher Enix.  The company is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include the "Final Fantasy", "Dragon Quest", and "Kingdom Hearts" series.  Of its properties, the "Final Fantasy" franchise is the best-selling, with a total worldwide sales of over 100 million units.  The "Dragon Quest" series has shipped over 57 million units worldwide and is one of the most popular video game series in Japan, while the "Kingdom Hearts" series has shipped over 12 million copies worldwide.  Since its inception, the company has developed or published hundreds of titles in various video game franchises on numerous gaming systems. Play Meter is an American trade magazine focusing on the coin-op and arcade game industry.  It was founded in December 1974 by publisher and editor Ralph C. Lally II and it is published in physical form by Skybird Publishing on a monthly basis.  "Play Meter" has published several bi-monthly and annual special issues throughout its history and it maintains a website where online content is also published monthly.  The magazine is generally regarded as the premier trade magazine of the American video game industry and as the earliest example of video game journalism, establishing such practices as individual video game reviews and the ten-point assessment scale for video game reviews.
Answer: 1979