 Final logo from 2011-2012 | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Nima Taghavi |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Fate | Dissolved, due to bankruptcy |
| 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]