IEntertainment_Network

iEntertainment Network

iEntertainment Network

American video game company

IEntertainment Network (IENT, stylized as iEntertainment Network and formerly known as Interactive Magic, iMagic, and iMagiconline) is an American video game company founded by Bill Stealey, the co-founder and former CEO of MicroProse Software, in 1995.[2] It is chiefly a developer and publisher of simulation computer games.

Quick Facts Founded, Number of employees ...

The company was noted for hiring many industry outsiders, i.e. skilled software engineers with no prior experience in making games.[3] Interactive Magic went public in 1998 and was sold to a venture capitalist in 1999, when Bill Stealey left the company; Stealey returned in the early 2000s.

Games published

References

  1. [1]
    Dyrness, Christina (December 19, 2001). "Wild Bill Stealey getting back in the saddle". The News & Observer. p. 46. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. [2]
    "Interactive Magic". Next Generation. No. 21. Imagine Media. September 1996. pp. 109–110.
  3. [3]
    "An interview with Wild Bill Stealey" (PDF). Next Generation. September 1996. p. 113. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox". Next Generation. No. 22. Imagine Media. October 1996. p. 176.


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