Ion Storm
Mike left id Software at the end of 1996 to join John Romero and Tom Hall in founding and launching Ion Storm, with the idea that Ion Storm would want to self-publish after their initial deal with Tomb Raider publisher Eidos Interactive. Mike was named CEO of that company in January 1997, and created an avalanche of PR for the company that year while working on the developer-publisher business plan, which was known as "Ion Strike" at the time. He was responsible for the advertising campaign of the Game Daikatana, whose controversial adverts angered many fans and are today considered to be one of the main reasons for the game's commercial failure (List of commercial failures in video gaming#Daikatana).
In late 1997, Mike was reportedly pushed out of Ion Storm due to his volatile relationship with Eidos and Ion Storm partner Todd Porter, who became CEO upon Wilson's departure.
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