Crave Entertainment was an American

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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

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, Nintendo DS,

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, PlayStation 2,

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, PSP,

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, and

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. Crave mainly focused on budget titles, and imported games such as ''

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'' series. On August 15, 2012, Fillpoint LLC filed for

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, with Crave ceasing operations.

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'' (

version) *''Project Cairo'' ( Nintendo 64 DD, developed by Craveyard) *''Savage Safari Hunt'' *''SnoCross 2 Featuring Blair Morgan'' (

version) *''Supershot Golf Robot'' *''Jet Ion GP'' (released in Europe in 2002, the U.S. release was cancelled) *'' The Lost'' (PAL regions only) *'' UFC: Tapout'' (Dreamcast version) *''World Championship Poker All In'' *''Wave Runner'' (Dreamcast version)

References

External links

Crave Entertainment official website
(archive) *{{MobyGames company, company=crave-entertainment-inc Companies based in Newport Beach, California Video game companies established in 1997 Video game companies disestablished in 2012 Defunct video game companies of the United States Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012 Video game publishers Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles 1997 establishments in California 2012 disestablishments in California