July 29, 2010
enVie Announces Virtual Island of Entertainment
enVie Interactive LLC is developing a new 3D virtual world called VIE or Virtual Island of Entertainment. enVie describes VIE as combining the "best features" of social networks, MMOs, and virtual worlds. VIE will launch in beta in the second half of 2010. For now, enVie has announced the executive team that will be responsible for creating its new virtual world.
enVie's President and co-founder is Philo Northrup, former Executive Producer of Business Development at Foundatiion 9. The Chief Creative Officer and co-founder is Viktor Kalvachev, formerly of Bon Art Studios. The Vice President is Stacey Hirata, a former VP of Marketing at Activision and Red Octane who helped launch the top-selling Guitar Hero franchise.
The Executive Director of Product Development is Steve Coallier a former Director of Product Development at Electronic Arts who helped oversee development of games like The Godfather and Wing Commander III. enVie's Technical Director is Pratik Patel, a former Technical Director at Electronic Arts who worked on the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series.
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