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Video game developer

Zoë Mode
IndustryVideo games
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Defunct2016; 8 years ago (2016)
HeadquartersBrighton, England
OwnerKuju Entertainment
(Catalis S.E)
Websitezoemode.com

Zoë Mode was a subsidiary studio of Kuju Entertainment based in Brighton, England. Zoë Mode's games portfolio covered a variety of genres and comprised big-brand entertainment, original social games and innovative gameplay use of motion capture technologies such as the PlayStation EyeToy and Xbox 360 Kinect. They developed EyeToy: Play, SingStar, Disney Sing It and Zumba franchises in music and party games. Zoë Mode was also known for creating Crush, Chime and Haunt.

History

In 2003, Kuju Entertainment hired the Wide Games team to create the video games studio Kuju Brighton. In 2007, Kuju Brighton was rebranded to Zoë Mode. The studio's first release under its new name was Crush for Sega. In 2009, Zoë Mode released the puzzle game Chime, produced by the non-profit OneBigGame. In 2011, the studio signed the deal to develop Zumba Fitness 2. In June 2013, Zoë Mode signed the deal to develop Rock Revolution.

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References

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