Crave Entertainment

Crave Entertainment was an American video game publisher founded in 1997 by Nima Taghavi. Its headquarters was in Newport Beach, California. It was acquired by Universal Interactive Studios in 2000, but was then sold to Handleman Company in 2005 as part of a "larger internal reorganization" for Vivendi Universal Games, 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, Nintendo 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: Drift. The company went bankrupt in 2012.



List of video games published by Crave Entertainment

 * AeroWings
 * AeroWings 2: Airstrike
 * Alien Hominid (NA Xbox release)
 * America's Next Top Model
 * An American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush
 * Armored Core 2 (PAL release)
 * Armored Core: Formula Front (NA PlayStation 2 release)
 * Arthur McLean's 3D Pool
 * Arthur! Ready to Race (PAL release)
 * Art of Fighting Anthology (PAL regions only)
 * Asteroids Hyper 64
 * Babe and Friends
 * Baby Pals
 * Bad Boys: Miami Takedown
 * Battle Realms
 * Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf
 * Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs
 * Beyblade: Let it Rip!
 * The Bible Game
 * Blaster Master: Blasting Again
 * Bomberman Kart
 * Bomberman Land (PlayStation)
 * Bomberman Land 2: Game Shijou Saidai no Theme Park
 * Bomberman Land 3
 * Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
 * Brunswick Pro Bowling
 * Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom
 * Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games
 * Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
 * Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL
 * Casper's Scare School: Classroom Capers
 * Casper's Scare School: Spooky Sports Day
 * Cosmos Chaos
 * Crayola: Colorful Journey
 * Crayola Treasure Adventures
 * Dave Mirra BMX Challenge
 * Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos
 * Defendin' de Penguin
 * Untitled Disney Channel (PAL regions only)
 * Digimon Rumble Arena (PC version only)
 * Digimon World 3 (PC version only)
 * Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm
 * Dragon Dance
 * Future Tactics: The Uprising
 * Elf
 * eJay Clubworld
 * Eternal Eyes
 * Eternal Ring
 * Evergrace
 * Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy
 * Fighting Force
 * Flushed Away
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
 * Future Tactics: The Uprising
 * Freedom Force
 * Gem Smashers
 * George of the Jungle and the Search for the Secret
 * Get Up and Dance
 * Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
 * Galerians
 * Global Operations
 * Godzilla: The Series
 * Godzilla: The Series - Monster Wars
 * Hard Rock Casino
 * Hamtaro: Riddle Q
 * Hoshi de Hakken!! Tamagotchi
 * Intellivision Lives!
 * Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale
 * Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
 * Jade Cocoon 2
 * Jetix Puzzle Buzzle
 * Kabuki Warriors
 * Kengo: Master of Bushido
 * Killer Loop
 * King of Clubs
 * The King of Fighters 2002 (NA PlayStation 2/Xbox version - 2005)
 * The King of Fighters 2003
 * The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout (NA PlayStation 2 release)
 * King of Fighters: Maximum Impact
 * Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament
 * Klonoa Beach Volleyball
 * Legend of the River King 2
 * Looney Tunes: Bang and Vroom!
 * MagForce Racing
 * Man vs. Wild
 * Mechanic Master 2
 * Mega Man: Battle & Chase
 * Men in Black: The Series
 * Men in Black 2: The Series
 * Metal Slug 4
 * Metal Slug 5
 * Metal Slug (2006)
 * Milo's Astro Lanes
 * Mischief Makers (Wii Virtual Console release/PC version)
 * Mojo!
 * Monster Mayhem: Build and Battle
 * Mort the Chicken
 * Mr. Bean's Wacky World of Wii
 * Muzzle Flash
 * MX World Tour
 * My Melody's Angel Book
 * My Melody's Magical Adventure
 * Napoleon Dynamite: The Game
 * NRA Gun Club
 * Oregon Trail
 * Pac-Man World 2 (European GameCube version)
 * Penny Racers
 * ''Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (2004)
 * ''Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (2007)
 * Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle
 * Pro Bull Riders: Out of the Chute
 * Puzzle Challenge: Crosswords and More
 * Purr Pals (NA versions only)
 * Razor Freestyle Scooter
 * Razor Racing
 * Record of Lodoss War (NA Dreamcast version - 2001)
 * Red Dog: Superior Firepower
 * Robotron 64
 * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
 * Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
 * Sing 4: The Hits Edition
 * Ski and Shoot
 * Sky Dancers
 * Shadow Madness
 * Sno-Cross Championship Racing
 * Sno-Cross 2 Featuring Blair Morgan
 * Soldier of Fortune
 * Solitaire & Mahjong
 * Space Battleship Yamato
 * Spelling Challenges and More!
 * Stadium Games
 * Starlancer
 * Strike Force Bowling
 * Sudokuro
 * SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (PS2 NA release)
 * Superbike World Championship
 * Super Magnetic Neo
 * Summer Athletes: The Ultimate Challenge
 * Surf Rocket Racers
 * TH3 Plan
 * The Flintstones: Big Trouble in Bedrock
 * The Holy Bible (PAL regions only)
 * The Legend of Stafy 2
 * The Legend of Stafy 3
 * The Legend of Stafy 4
 * The Next Tetris: On-line Edition
 * The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Game
 * thinkSMART
 * Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (Dreamcast version only)
 * Tokyo Xtreme Racer
 * Tokyo Xtreme Racer Advance
 * Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift
 * Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2
 * Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3
 * Trigger Man
 * Tringo
 * Ultimate Fighting Championship
 * UFC: Tapout
 * UFC: Throwdown
 * Vagrant Story (PAL regions only)
 * VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Bad Apple
 * Virtual Pool 64
 * Whirl Tour
 * Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge
 * Winter's Tail
 * Witches & Vampires: The Secret of Ashburry
 * World Championship Cards
 * World Championship Poker Deluxe Series
 * World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer ALL-IN
 * World Championship Poker 2: Featuring Howard Lederer
 * X-Blades: Inline Skater
 * Zina Supermoon

Cancelled games

 * Beyblade VForce: Ultimate Blader Jam (Nokia N-Gage version)
 * H20verdrive
 * ''Jeanette Lee's Virtual Pool
 * Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (Nokia N-Gage version)
 * Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (GameCube and Xbox versions)
 * Man vs. Wild (DS and PSP versions)
 * Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (Nokia N-Gage version)
 * Pac-Man World (Nokia N-Gage version)
 * Pilot Academy
 * Powershot Pinball
 * Pro Bull Riders: Out of the Chute (Xbox 360 version)
 * Project Cairo (Nintendo 64 DD, developed by Craveyard)
 * 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: Tapout (Dreamcast version)
 * World Championship Poker All In
 * Wave Runner (Dreamcast version)
 * Infinity (Game Boy Color, developed by Affinix Software)

Trivia

 * Crave was originally set to publish Ed, Edd n Eddy: Jawbreakers! in the fall of 2002; however, unforeseen delays pushed the release date back to March 2003 with Bam Entertainment taking over as publisher.