Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
Developer: Relentless Software
Genre: Social Gaming/Trivia
Players: 1-8 Players
Platform: PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system and PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system
Peripherals: BUZZ! wireless Buzzers for PS3
Launch Date: Holiday 2009
The BUZZ! franchise is back and better than ever with the series’ encore performance on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and the PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system, BUZZ! Quiz World. Developed by Relentless Software, BUZZ! Quiz World provides an ultra-realistic quiz show experience, putting you and your friends in the contestants’ seats.
BUZZ! Quiz World for PS3 allows players to define their BUZZ! quiz experiences exactly how they want with several new customization and personalization options. Players can choose to play a short or long game and they can even select the round types and question topics.
BUZZ! Quiz World for PS3 tests players’ trivia talent with over 5,000 new questions, enhanced online multiplayer “Sofa vs. Sofa” action, and exciting new rounds and characters, all in a glitzy new TV-studio setting. Utilizing the fun and easy-to-use BUZZ! wireless Buzzers helps players to top off this totally immersive quiz show experience.
BUZZ! Quiz World for PSP boasts online infrastructure support for the first time. Now, not only are there over 3,000 new general knowledge questions in a bigger and better single player mode, players can also access MyBUZZ! content on-the-go. BUZZ! Quiz World for PSP will also be supported post-launch with additional PSP-specific expansion Quiz Packs available on the PlayStation Store.
KEY PS3 FEATURES
- BUZZ! puts you at the heart of the show – With hundreds of player names to choose from to create your own personal profile, BUZZ! now gives commentary in the game about you, your family and friends and how you’re playing!
- Make the game you want to play – Choose the rounds you want to play, the subjects you want to answer and make the game you want to play in the most customizable BUZZ! quiz game yet.
- BUZZ! Quiz World for PS3 features over 5,000 new general knowledge questions including hundreds of pictures and videos.
- New rounds and new contestant characters add more fun to your quiz. Send your friends into the goo in the new ‘Over the Edge’ round, or prey on your opponent’s knowledge in ‘On the Spot.’
- Take on friends and family with 8 player local multiplayer quizzing.
- Go online with the enhanced ‘Sofa Vs. Sofa’ mode and challenge the nation, or the world!
- Download extra premium quiz packs exclusively from PlayStation Network and extend your quiz experience.
- Create your own quizzes with MyBUZZ! about any topic imaginable and add them to your game. The quizzing now need never end!
- Get Your BUZZ! Face On’ with PlayStation®Eye support – Take pictures during your BUZZ! games at key moments and relive your highs, lows and glorious victories!
KEY PSP FEATURES
- New single player mode – Challenge the four quiz boards to show you’re a true Quiz Master and earn new trophies and unlockable characters.
- BUZZ! Quiz World for PSP offers over 3,000 new general knowledge questions including hundreds of pictures and videos.
- Exciting 6 player ‘Pass Around’ quizzing that requires just one PSP to get your party buzzing!
- Play 4 player online infrastructure mode and take on other quiz fans across the world, or share you game with up to four other PSP owners with Game Sharing.
- New MyBUZZ! support – Download and play MyBUZZ! UGC quizzes directly on your PSP. Wherever you are, you will never run out of quizzes again!
- Download extra premium quiz packs exclusively from PlayStation Network and extend your quiz experience.
- New multiplayer and solo rounds and new contestant characters add more fun to your quiz.
