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Zoë Mode

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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,[1] Chime and Haunt.

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History

In 2003, Kuju Entertainment hired the Wide Games team to create the video games studio Kuju Brighton.[2] In 2007, Kuju Brighton was rebranded to Zoë Mode.[3][4] The studio's first release under its new name was Crush for Sega.[4] In 2009, Zoë Mode released the puzzle game Chime, produced by the non-profit OneBigGame.[5][6] In 2011, the studio signed the deal to develop Zumba Fitness 2.[7] In June 2013, Zoë Mode signed the deal to develop Rock Revolution.[8]

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