Ike McFadden
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Ike McFadden (born June 20, 1973) is an American video game producer and former television and film producer and public relations agent. He is best known for his video game work with Hulk Hogan, David Hasselhoff, The Blues Brothers, and James Dean. Together with partners Eric Bischoff and Jason Hervey, he founded the game production company MX Digital.
Founder and director of MX
In 2013, Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment acquired an ownership interest with Ike McFadden in MX Digital, a company that produces and distributes online and mobile games in Europe and North America.[1]
In a 2014 interview, Eric Bischoff summarized the company's activities. "Bischoff Hervey Entertainment also owns a significant portion of a gaming company called MX. We’ve got David Hasselhoff, Hulk Hogan, Dennis Rodman, James Dean, Joe Frazier, Chuck Frazier, Missing In Action. We’ve got a brand new graphic novel project that we’ve acquired the right to call Hell Paso. All of those are being developed and distributed as waged casino style games over in Europe, around the world. We’re also converting the same titles to social gaming platforms, and we’ll be making that formal announcement really soon once the site is up and 1000% functional, and that’s a really big step for us. We started the company back in 2010 with Ike, who is an expert in the field".[2][failed verification]
Among the company's first released games were "Hulk Hogan's Hulkamania", which debuted on SkyVegas in November 2012.[3] Their next game, "The Hoff", featuring actor-singer David Hasselhoff, was released widely in Europe in February 2013.[4][5]
In early 2014, McFadden and Bischoff's online-gaming company announced a deal with actor Dan Aykroyd to launch a Blues Brothers online casino game in Europe.[6]
In late 2014, Bischoff's MX Digital launched their games on Facebook, under the moniker "MX Casino".[7] Slot-machine-style games playable upon launch as a Facebook app included "socialized" versions of "Hulk Hogan's Hulkamania", as well as a similarly Facebook-friendly version for David Hasslehoff's, "The Hoff". Also debuting in October of that year were a batch of new themed games, this time starring Dennis Rodman, James Dean and Chuck Norris.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.igamingbusiness.com/content/bischoff-hervey-invests-mx-gaming
- ^ http://archive.alternativenation.net/interview-eric-bischoff-vince-russo-john-cena-gfw-stephanie-mcmahon/
- ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/play-hulkamania-slot-now-sky-163204687.html
- ^ http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/TNA/article10029550.shtml
- ^ "Hasselhoff: 'The Hoff' Brand Dominates My Life". Bloomberg.
- ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mx-digital-partners-blues-brothers-690840
- ^ https://twitter.com/ebischoff/statuses/522187686803959808
- ^ http://www.gamingintelligence.com/social/28412-mx-digital-launches-social-casino-app-on-facebook