Zoë Mode was a

subsidiary A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a s ...

studio of

Kuju Entertainment Kuju Entertainment Ltd. is a British video game developer. The original company was Simis, formed in 1989 and purchased by Eidos Interactive in 1995. Kuju was formed in 1998 in Shalford, Surrey, England, after a management buyout of Simis from Ei ...

based in

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

, England. Zoë Mode's games portfolio covered a variety of genres and comprised big-brand entertainment, original social games and innovative gameplay use of

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technologies such as the

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EyeToy and

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. They developed '' EyeToy: Play'', '' SingStar'', ''

Disney Sing It ''Disney Sing It'' is a Music video game, karaoke video game. It was released on October 28, 2008 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It's the second game in the ''Disney Sing It'' series after ''High School ...

'' and Zumba franchises in music and party games. Zoë Mode was also known for creating '' Crush'', '' Chime'' and '' Haunt''.

History

In 2003,

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

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. In 2009, Zoe 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, Zoe Mode signed the deal to develop '' Rock Revolution''.

Games

* ''EyeToy: Play 3'' (2005) * ''SingStar Rocks!'' (2006) * ''EyeToy Play Sports'' (2006) * ''SingStar Pop Hits'' (2007) * ''Crush'' (2007) * ''Dancing with the Stars'' (2007) * ''EyeCreate'' (2007) * ''EyeToy: Play Astro Zoo'' (2007) * ''Disney Sing It!'' (2008) * ''EyeToy Play: Hero'' (2008) * '' Rock Revolution'' (2008-2009) * ''

You're in the Movies ''You're in the Movies'' is a party video game for Xbox 360, developed by Zoë Mode and published by Codemasters in North America and the PAL territories in 2008, and in Australia and Japan in 2009. Players perform actions such as applying make-u ...

'' (2008-2009) * ''

Marvel Ultimate Alliance ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' is a 2006 action role-playing video game, developed by Raven Software for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360, and published by Activision. The game was ported to the PlayStation Portable and Wii by Vi ...

'' (2016 port of 2006) * ''

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' is a 2009 action role-playing video game featuring characters from Marvel Comics. It is the sequel to 2006's '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'', and the second installment in the ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' series. T ...

'' (2016 port of 2009) * ''Chime'' (2010) * ''Grease: The Game'' (2010) * ''

Grease Dance ''Grease Dance'' is a 2011 rhythm dance game developed by Zoë Mode and published by 505 Games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Based on the 1978 film '' Grease'' (which itself is based on the 1971 musical of the same name), the game requires ...

'' (2011) * '' Zumba Fitness 2'' (2011-2012) * ''Haunt'' (2012) * ''Crush 3D'' (2012) * ''

Zumba Fitness Rush ''Zumba Fitness 2'' is the second video game in the installment of the Fitness series, based on the Zumba program. It is also the sequel to ''Zumba Fitness (video game), Zumba Fitness'' (2010), later followed by ''Zumba Fitness Core'' (2012). It ...

'' (2012) * ''

Zumba Fitness Core ''Zumba Fitness Core'' is the third video game in the installment of the Fitness series, based on the Zumba program. It is also the sequel '' Zumba Fitness 2'' (2011), later followed by '' Zumba Fitness: World Party'' (2013). It is developed by ...

'' (2012) * '' Zumba Fitness: World Party'' (2013) * ''

Zumba Kids ''Zumba Kids'' is the fifth video game based on the Zumba program. Although '' Zumba Fitness: World Party'' (2013) is the game before this, ''Zumba Kids'' is not a part of the Fitness series, which is only from '' Zumba Fitness'' to ''Zumba Fitn ...

'' (2013) * ''

Powerstar Golf ''Powerstar Golf'' is a golf video game developed by Zoë Mode and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One game console. It was released on November 22, 2013. Gameplay ''Powerstar Golf'' plays similar to other video game golf games altho ...

'' (2013) * ''Risk'' (2014) * ''

Guitar Hero Live ''Guitar Hero Live'' is a 2015 music rhythm video game developed by FreeStyleGames and published by Activision. It is the seventh main installment in the ''Guitar Hero'' series. The game was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xb ...

'' (2015) * ''Risk Urban Assault'' (2016)

References

External links

Official website
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History

Games

See also

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