Playmates Interactive Entertainment

Playmates Interactive Entertainment

Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc., which made video games, was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of Playmates Toys Holdings, the parent company of Playmates Toys. With its headquarters in Hong Kong, the United States branch of Playmates Toys was originally located in La Mirada, California. In September 1996, Playmates Toys' US branch and Playmates Interactive Entertainment relocated their headquarters to Costa Mesa, California. At the same time, Gary Rosenfeld and Chris Archer joined the company as vice president of business affairs and producer. In August 1997, Playmates Interactive Entertainment's president, Richard Sallis, resigned and was succeeded by Ron Welch. Playmates Interactive Entertainment stopped publishing games in 1998 and was defunct by May 2000.