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 John Wilbur Stealey Sr. is an American game developer and publisher who founded MicroProse with Sid Meier. He also founded (in 1995) and is the current CEO of iEntertainment Network. Business career Stealey took a job with General Instrument as ...

, the co-founder and former CEO of MicroProse Software, in 1995. It is chiefly a

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and

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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. The company has published ''

Air Warrior II ''Air Warrior II'' is a video game developed by American studio Kesmai Corporation and published by Interactive Magic for Windows. It is a sequel to ''Air Warrior''. Development Development of ''Air Warrior II'' was directly overseen by Bill ...

'', ''

Air Warrior III ''Air Warrior III'', known as ''Air Warrior 3'' in Europe, is a video game developed by Kesmai Studios and published by Interactive Magic and Midas Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows in 1997. The game had been scheduled to be releas ...

'', '' American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox'', '' Apache'', ''

Capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, price system, private ...

'', '' Destiny: World Domination from Stone Age to Space Age'', ''

Fallen Haven ''Fallen Haven'' is a 1997 computer game. It is a science-fiction themed turn-based strategy game. It functions on Windows 95 and 98 computers. A sequel, '' Liberation Day'', was released in 1998. Plot The game depicts a battle between the human ...

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Hind A hind is a female deer, especially a red deer. Places * Hind (Sasanian province, 262-484) * Hind and al-Hind, a Persian and Arabic name for the Indian subcontinent * Hind (crater), a lunar impact crater * 1897 Hind, an asteroid Military ...

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iF-22 ''iF-22'', mislabeled as ''iF-22 Raptor'', is a video game developed by American studio Magic Labs and published by Interactive Magic for Windows. The game was first released in 1997. Reception The game received average reviews. ''Next Genera ...

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iF/A-18E Carrier Strike Fighter ''iF/A-18E Carrier Strike Fighter'' is a combat flight simulation game developed and published by Interactive Magic for Microsoft Windows in 1998. Reception The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRank ...

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iM1A2 Abrams ''iM1A2 Abrams'' is a simulation of the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank for the Windows 95 operating system, developed by Charybdis Enterprises, and published by Interactive Magic (also known as Imagic) in 1997. The game was released as a CD-ROM. ...

'', ''

Industry Giant ''Industry Giant'' is a business simulation game for Windows. In 2002 a sequel, '' Industry Giant II'', was released. Gameplay Reception The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. However, ...

'', '' Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom'', ''

Liberation Day Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day. Liberation marks the date of either a revolution, as in Cuba, the fall of a dictatorship, as in Portugal, or the end of an oc ...

'', '' North vs. South: The Great American Civil War'', '' Seven Kingdoms'', ''

Spearhead A spearhead is the sharpened point (head) of a spear, similar to an arrowhead. It is often a separate piece called a projectile point. Spearhead may also refer to: Armed conflict * Armoured spearhead, a tactical formation * HMS Spearhead ( ...

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Star Rangers ''Star Rangers'' was a four-issue American science-fiction comic-book series created by writer Mark Ellis and artist Jim Mooney, following the adventures of a military spaceship crew in a 25th-century controlled by corporations. Publication hi ...

'', ''

Semper Fi ''Semper fidelis'' () is a Latin phrase that means "always faithful" or "always loyal" (Fidelis or Fidelity). It is the motto of the United States Marine Corps, usually shortened to Semper Fi. It is also in use as a motto for towns, families, ...

'', '' The Great Battles'' (series), ''

Thunder Brigade ''Thunder Brigade'' is an action video game developed by Bluemoon Interactive and published by Interactive Magic and Midas Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows in 1998–1999. Reception The game received mixed reviews according to t ...

'', ''

Vangers ''Vangers'' (''Вангеры'', also known as ''Vangers: One for the Road'') is a racing role-playing video game developed by K-D Lab, a Russian company. It was released in North America in June 29, 1998 after receiving positive responses at that ...

'', ''

War Inc. ''War Inc.'' (''Project Airos'' in Australia and Germany) is a real-time strategy video game developed by Optik Software. It was published by Interactive Magic for DOS on August 31, 1997. It incorporates a rudimentary stock market, placing the p ...

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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 inc ...

'' (series), among other titles.

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