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. It is chiefly a
developer and
publisher
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of
simulation
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computer game
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s.
The company was noted for hiring many industry outsiders, i.e. skilled software engineers with no prior experience in making games. 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
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Air Warrior II''
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Air Warrior III''
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American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox''
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Apache
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Capitalism
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Destiny: World Domination from Stone Age to Space Age''
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Fallen Haven''
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Hind
A hind is a female deer, especially a red deer.
Places
* Hind (Sasanian province) (262-484)
* Al-Hind, a Persian and Arabic name for the Indian subcontinent
* Islamic State – Hind Province, claimed province of the IS in India
* Hind (cra ...
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iPanzer '44''
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iF-22''
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iF/A-18E Carrier Strike Fighter''
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iM1A2 Abrams''
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Industry Giant''
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Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom''
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Liberation Day
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North vs. South: The Great American Civil War''
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Seven Kingdoms''
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Spearhead''
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Star Rangers''
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Semper Fi''
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The Great Battles'' (series)
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Thunder Brigade''
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Vangers''
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War Inc.''
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WarBirds
''WarBirds'' is a series of massively multiplayer online and offline World War II combat flight simulation video games originally developed by Interactive Creations of Grapevine and published by iEntertainment Network in 1995. The game includ ...
'' (series)
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Video game companies established in 1995
Video game companies of the United States
Video game development companies
Video game publishers
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