It should be remembered that LucasArts sealed the fate of rhythm-based video game title Traxion earlier this year when it announced that it will no longer be publishing the title. It felt like the decision was not appreciated by Kuju Entertainment (who's now changed their name to Zoe Mode) as the developer severed its publishing agreement with LucasArts.

Today, Zoe Mode head Ed Daly mentioned that they are still considering pushing through with the project and that they may even market Traxion as a PSP and an iPod game. Daly commented,

The terms of the deal with LucasArts are still confidential, so I can't comment on the details - but we have retained the rights to the IP and we're now looking at what we can do with the IP and the technology and what it's potential is. There's a long history of games that have been canned and came back as great proposition.

However, Ed Daly also shared that their studio is busy at the moment with other projects such as SingStar and EyeToy titles for Sony as well as unannounced next-gen titles. He added that when they find the time and the manpower, Traxion might even go next-gen,

When the teams free up the idea might find place on next-gen formats, or mobile phones or even iPods - there's plenty of use for the tech, but we just need to figure out what that will be and then build the resource so we can take the next step with it.

On a related matter, Ed Daly also revealed that Zoe Mode will be coming up with another music-puzzle game that will be released on the PlayStation Network (PSN) and/or Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA). The concept is different in such a way that the game will be controlling the music instead of the other way around. He shared then,

It's interesting as there is no longer that one straightforward route to market and we're able to think that maybe we are better off investing a bit more in the self-publishing route. There are only a finite number of companies or publishers willing to invest so certain games we aren't always going to chase a traditional publishing deal for them.

When Sony touted its hardware-musclebound PlayStation 3 game console as a total entertainment system, it wasn't kidding. The machine does a lot more than let you play high-end games, play Blu-ray movies and occasionally cure cancer. Now, it can also be used to record and edit pictures, videos and audio with the help of an outfit called Zoe Mode.

Sony introduces a camera that attaches to the PS3 simply called Eye. It comes with a program called EyeCreate developed by Zoe Mode where users can manipulate media to their liking and upload them to popular video site YouTube.

"It's really, fun - pure old school stuff. You'd never get a chance to make anything like that elsewhere in the industry these days," says studio head Ed Daly of the new dimensions that the product brings to the PS3.

Essentially, what the system does is capture images with Eye and saves them to the PS3's hard drive. From there, users will have the ability to access what Daly calls "a YouTube-esque back end" that will include a number of upload and community features. Eventually, the peripheral hopes to have significant applications when the PS3 Home online community picks up some steam.

Kuju Entertainment is letting everybody know that their Brighton studio is no more. Henceforth, the studio formerly known as Kuju Brighton (but is still located in Brighton, UK) shall now be known as Zoe Mode.

"This studio has had great success over the last three years focusing on fresh gaming experiences for new audiences," said Zoe Mode studio head Ed Daly in light of Kuju Brighton's identity change.

"We've shipped several very successful, high quality titles and grown to 100 staff and now the time is right to rename the studio. We've created Zoe Mode; she is the personality that reflects our in-house philosophy of accessible, fun gaming for everyone."

Zoe Mode will still remain part of Kuju Entertainment, and it will continue its development of the upcoming CRUSH title due for the PSP due out this summer. Kuju Brighton will be best remembered for its previous works on the PS2, such as EyeToy: Play 3, EyeToy: Play Sports, SingStar: Rocks, SingStar: Anthems & SingStar: Legends.