Company:Crave Entertainment
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Fate | Dissolved, due to bankruptcy |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Nima Taghavi |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Newport Beach, California, United States |
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| Website | CraveGames.com (archived version) |
Crave Entertainment (aka Crave Games) was an American video game publisher founded in 1997 by Nima Taghavi. Its headquarters was in Newport Beach, California. It was acquired by Handleman Company in 2005 in a deal valued up to $95,000,000 but was then sold to Fillpoint LLC in early 2009 for only $8,100,000 due to Handleman's bankruptcy and pending liquidation. During its lifetime it published games for Dreamcast, Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox, and Xbox 360. Crave mainly focused on budget titles, and imported games such as Tokyo Xtreme Racer series.
During its early years, Crave had acquired smaller development studio Big Rain, and made it into a development division, where it was renamed to Craveyard.[2][3]
In 2006, it formed a partnership with Oxygen Interactive via Liquid Games, whereas Liquid Games would market its titles by Crave Entertainment for the European market.[4]
During Fillpoint ownership, the company launched its own label for its family friendly gaming, Red Wagon Games.[5]
On August 15, 2012, Fillpoint LLC filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, with Crave ceasing operations.[6]
List of video games published by Crave Entertainment
Cancelled games
- H20verdrive
- Jeanette Lee's Virtual Pool
- Man vs. Wild (DS and PSP versions)
- Pilot Academy
- Powershot Pinball
- Pro Bull Riders: Out of the Chute (Xbox 360 version)
- Project Cairo (Nintendo 64 DD, developed by Craveyard)[7]
- Savage Safari Hunt
- SnoCross 2 Featuring Blair Morgan (Xbox version)
- Supershot Golf Robot
- Jet Ion GP (released in Europe in 2002, the U.S. release was cancelled)
- The Lost (PAL regions only)
- UFC (Dreamcast version)
- World Championship Poker All In
- Wave Runner (Dreamcast version)
References
- ↑ Adams, David (September 1, 2004). "Crave Gets New President". http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/31/crave-gets-new-president.
- ↑ "Exclusive Interview: Crave Entertainment" (in en). 1998-04-10. https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/04/10/exclusive-interview-crave-entertainment.
- ↑ "Details on Crave RPG Uncovered" (in en). 1997-11-20. https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/11/20/details-on-crave-rpg-uncovered.
- ↑ "Oxygen Brings Crave Titles To Europe" (in en). http://worthplaying.com/article/2006/1/23/news/30440-oxygen-brings-crave-titles-to-europe/.
- ↑ rawmeatcowboy (2010-11-19). "Red Wagon Games flies Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer into retail stores this holiday season" (in en). https://gonintendo.com/archives/137008-red-wagon-games-flies-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-into-retail-stores-this.
- ↑ "Malta video game distribution company Fillpoint files for bankruptcy". https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2012/08/malta-video-game-distribution-company.html.
- ↑ "Details on Crave RPG Uncovered". November 20, 1997. http://www.ign.com/articles/1997/11/20/details-on-crave-rpg-uncovered.
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