Chris van der Kuyl founded VIS Interactive in 1996, alongside Peter Baillie, some former developers from DMA Design, and other "techy people" from outside the video game industry.
[1][2] A Dundee native, van der Kuyl headed the company as president and chief executive officer.
[3] In the same year, VIS Entertainment faced financial issues as reimbursements to investors meant that it could not finance its active projects.
[6] Jane Karowoski, VIS Entertainment's chief operating officer whose task it was to implement cost reductions, subsequently announced her resignation.
[1][18] The rights to State of Emergency 2 were sold to DC Studios announced in May 2005, and the company intended to hire between 10 and 40 former VIS Entertainment developers.