iEntertainment Network
Overview
Interactive Magic was founded in 1994 by former
MicroProse founder
"Wild" Bill Stealey. The company was taken public in 1999, and had its name changed to
iEntertainment Network in 2000. It is based in Morrisville, a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina.
The company focused on Military Simulations initially and then bought two Internet companies,
MPG Net (casual online games) and
ICI (
WarBirds (online flying game). Other games in their portfolio include war games such as
North vs. South and their
The Great Battles series.
In February 2000 iEntertainment created
iWireless Games, Inc., a subsidiary to focus on the emerging wireless games industry.
On April 7, 2003, it was announced that iEntertainment Network's corporate status had been changed to "privately held" to add more value for their stockholders.
The company continues to develop and release additional games in their
Total Simulations Series. This brand includes simulators for aircraft, tanks and other vehicles from World War I through the end of World War II for the PC and MacIntosh platforms. The latest game for that series was
WarBirds 2006 released in May 2006.
In November 2006, iEntertainment released the retail game
Flyboys Squadron, a World War I combat flight simulator based upon the MGM movie
Flyboys.
Contributed by
Jeanne 
(59417) on Jul 06, 2003. [
revised by :
Jeanne (59417)].
